Can a person get Pericarditis after drinking from someone who has it?

Question

Ok my best friend wasn't at school yesterday, or today and i tried texting and calling her but got no response. So i called her house phone and her dad answers saying that last night she was hospitalized for Pericarditis, or a heart infection i guess and she will be in the hospital for several more days. But today when i got home realized we drink off eachothers cups or water bottles all the time i am wondering if i can contract Pericarditis drinking off someones cup? I have research everywhere and i can't find information on weather it is contagious!

Answer 1

Pericarditis is the term used to describe inflammation around the heart. It doesn't tell you the cause of the inflamamtion.

You're not likely to develop it from sharing drinks and I haven't heard of a preicarditis being infectious.

Answer 2

Assuming she has a viral pericarditis, which is pretty common, and you get the virus, it's still very unlikely it would cause pericarditis in you. These things happen a lot in medicine, where bugs that normally cause a common illness will occasional cause one you don't think of.