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).
Children with pericarditis usually develop fever and chest pain. The chest pain is generally at the front of the chest behind the breastbone (sternum) and is often described as stabbing. Usually the pain is worse when laying down, and improved by sitting up and leaning forward.