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Bacteria and viruses can cause a heart infection, which can then lead to cardiac damage and other serious health complications. Learn all about the causes, symptoms, prevention, treatment, and management of heart infections, here.
Myocarditis is a disorder that results in inflammation of the muscle that pumps blood into and out of the heart and throughout the body. An inflamed myocardium causes problems like irregular heartbeats, chest pain, and breathing difficulties. What are myocarditis symptoms? Why Does Myocarditis Occur? Inflammation is typically your body's response to a wound or infection. For […]
Reviewed by Lauren Labrador, MD, FPCP, DPCC • Dec 01, 2022
The heart is an incredibly important organ in our body--and if it were to stop one way or another, we would stop breathing and living. This is why it’s essential to know probable heart problems we might suffer from, like heart infection types as well as its causes, so we can avoid them. There are several […]
Reviewed by John Paul Abrina, MD • May 25, 2023
Endocarditis is the infection of the inner lining of your heart chambers and its valves, collectively called the endocardium. Often a rare occurrence, endocarditis develops when bacteria or fungi spread from another part of your body and enters your heart via the bloodstream; they latches onto the damaged tissues of your heart, and starts causing […]
Reviewed by Mae Charisse Antalan, MD • Nov 19, 2022
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