Hi, I am a 32 year old male and I had Pericarditis 10 years ago.  This morning I woke up with similar symptoms, but definitely not as bad as when I was diagnosed 10 years ago.  This morning I woke up and felt a constant pain in my chest like someone was squeezing me.  I took two doses of baby Aspirin today and it's helped some of the pain, but when I lay down my chest just throbs for about 5 minutes and my throat feels a little tight and sore.  As long as I am sitting up, I hardly even notice the pain, but when I lay down it hurts on a 1-10 scale close to an 8.    Thanks.

Summarized question: How to treat recurrent pericarditis?