Social death. Social death is the condition of people not accepted as fully human by wider society. Used by sociologists like Zygmunt Bauman and historians of slavery and the Holocaust to describe the part played by governmental and social segregation in that process. Examples of social death are:
Chronic pericarditis often causes tiredness, coughing, and shortness of breath. Chest pain often is absent in this type of pericarditis. Severe cases of chronic pericarditis can lead to swelling in the stomach and legs and hypotension (low blood pressure).
It is also common for a person to experience chest pain as one of their pericarditis symptoms. The inflammation puts pressure on the heart, which makes it uncomfortable and sore. One might feel pain in the region of the heart if they press on their chest there.