[Bunty]

Thanks for your thoughts Carol Ann!

And Paul, thanks for your input. That's interesting. I'm being treated with medication standard for pericarditis, ie. ibuprofen, colchicine which is standard for inflammation in pericardium. However, that's interesting re neutropenia because for the week or so before my first hospital stay as the symptoms were getting worse, I was getting high temperatures. And for two of my stays in hospital I was experiencing high temperature. But would that account for the fluid build-up in the pericardium?

Also the cardiologists could hear what they call the pericardium 'rub'.

They are currently testing my blood for auto-immune diseases - I see online that there could be a connection with neutropenia and auto-immune disease? Is that right?

Cheers Marie