I was told i have pericarditis its been about 4 months that i first started suffering from this I waas told been by hospital doctor and my gp when it flared up again about 1 1/2 later from first being told both have told me that it is cause i smoke and i

very bad kidney infection and then became ill a few weeks after this water infection happened and suffered from a mild infection during this time of illness what i was hoping to found out from you is if it is due to smoking that i am still suffering from this promblem and if i contiue to smoke i will havw this problem for the rest of my life as i been told by GP that it is a smoker disease and need to give up for recovery from this illness thank you hope you will be able to help me on this subject jeannette