Country singer Carly Pearces debilitating chest pain led to chronic heart condition diagnosis

Country music star Carly Pearce is sharing a health update after she was diagnosed with a heart condition called pericarditis.The 34-year-old singer detailed her “intense” symptoms during an appearance on “Today.”“I had a really debilitating chest pain that was only relieved if I bent over like this (leaning forward), and that’s a classic symptom of pericarditis,” she explained on the morning show. “And then when you lay back, it gets way worse because that wall is kind of inflamed around your heart.”Pericarditis is an inflammation of the pericardium, a sac-like structure with two thin layers of tissue that surround the heart to hold it in place and help protect it from damage from infection and malignancy, according to the American Heart Association. Pearce added, “I just had a really intense shortness of breath … almost having to suck through … a straw.”She also gave a health update after living with the heart condition for nearly five years. “I’m doing better.I’m healthy, I’m trying to find my new normal,” Pearce said.

“I have what’s called recurrent pericarditis.I’ve had several flares since 2020.”When asked if she had to change her lifestyle due to her heart condition, Pearce replied, “With a busy schedule, I just have to maintain balance more.”“Maybe not going a thousand percent when I’m running, or maybe walking on a day that I feel a little bit less myself.

… Just trying to figure out ways to keep my mind and my body just more calm,” she shared.“You only get one heart.”Pearce, who’s on her “Hummingbird” tour, has a history of heart issues in her family.Her father survived a widowmaker heart attack when she was 19. “I’ve really leaned on him just for help through the anxiety that comes with, ‘Oh my gosh, I’m having a chest pain, am I OK, am I OK?'” Pearce said.

“It’s been really helpful to have somebody in your family that can really help you through those things.”The ...