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Endocarditis
Is an infection of the inner lining of your heart (endocardium).
Symptoms:
- Fever and chills
- A new or changed heart murmur — heart sounds made by blood rushing through your heart
- Fatigue
- Aching joints and muscles
- Night sweats
- Shortness of breath
- Paleness
- Persistent cough
- Swelling in your feet, legs or abdomen
- Unexplained weight loss
- Blood in your urine (either visible or found in a doctor's viewing of your urine under a microscope)
- Tenderness in your spleen — an infection-fighting abdominal organ on your left side, just below your rib cage
- Osler's nodes — red, tender spots under the skin of your fingers
- Petechiae (puh-TEE-key-ee) — tiny purple or red spots on the skin, whites of your eyes or inside your mouth
Preliminary plan:
- Cardiologist appointment
- General practitioner appointment
- Complete blood count (CBC)
- Urinalysis
- Blood test:
- Potassium Sodium Chlorine (K, Na, Cl) (blood)
- Total protein
- Albumen
- Fibrinogen
- Haptoglobin
- Sialic acid
- Seromucoid
- Alanine transaminase (ALT)
- Aspartate aminotransferase (AST)
- Urea (BUN)
- Creatinine
- Bilirubin
- ECG
- Echocardiography
- Blood culture, sensitivity test
- Lymphocyte subsets
- Chest X-ray (heart)
Doctors
Cardiologist
Candidate of Medical Science, the highest qualification category, specialisation «Cardiology»
