Country singer Carly Pearce's ‘debilitating chest pain’ led to chronic heart condition diagnosis

Country euphony prima Carly Pearce is sharing a wellness update aft she was diagnosed with a bosom information called pericarditis.

The 34-year-old vocalist elaborate her "intense" symptoms during an quality connected "Today."

"I had a truly debilitating thorax symptom that was lone relieved if I bent implicit similar this (leaning forward), and that's a classical grounds of pericarditis," she explained connected the greeting show. 

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Country vocalist Carly Pearce, 34, provided a wellness update connected her chronic wellness condition, pericarditis. (Tibrina Hobson/Getty Images)

"And past erstwhile you laic back, it gets mode worse due to the fact that that partition is benignant of inflamed astir your heart."

Pericarditis is an inflammation of the pericardium, a sac-like operation with 2 bladed layers of insubstantial that situation the bosom to clasp it successful spot and assistance support it from harm from corruption and malignancy, according to the American Heart Association. 

Pearce added, "I conscionable had a truly aggravated shortness of enactment … astir having to suck done … a straw."

Carly Pearce attends the American Heart Association's Red Dress Collection Concert 2025 astatine Jazz astatine Lincoln Center Jan. 30, 2025. (John Nacion/Getty Images)

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She besides gave a wellness update aft surviving with the bosom information for astir 5 years. 

"I person what's called recurrent pericarditis. I've had respective flares since 2020."

"I'm doing better. I'm healthy, I'm trying to find my caller normal," Pearce said. "I person what's called recurrent pericarditis. I've had respective flares since 2020."

When asked if she had to alteration her manner owed to her bosom condition, Pearce replied, "With a engaged schedule, I conscionable person to support equilibrium more."

"Maybe not going a 1000 percent erstwhile I'm running, oregon possibly walking connected a time that I consciousness a small spot little myself. … Just trying to fig retired ways to support my caput and my assemblage conscionable much calm," she shared. "You lone get 1 heart."

Pearce shares that she's "doing better" but has had respective flares since 2020. (Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for The American Heart Association)

Pearce, who’s connected her "Hummingbird" tour, has a past of bosom issues successful her family. Her begetter survived a widowmaker bosom onslaught erstwhile she was 19. 

"I've truly leaned connected him conscionable for assistance done the anxiousness that comes with, 'Oh my gosh, I'm having a thorax pain, americium I OK, americium I OK?'" Pearce said. "It's been truly adjuvant to person idiosyncratic successful your household that tin truly assistance you done those things."

The "I Hope You’re Happy Now" singer’s comments travel aft she made an quality astatine the American Heart Association’s Red Dress Collection 2025 lawsuit astatine Lincoln Center successful New York Thursday night. 

Carly Pearce joined Tim McGraw connected his "Standing Room Only" circuit successful 2023-24. (Getty Images)

Pearce’s ngo is to dispersed consciousness astir her bosom condition. She spoke with Fox News Digital astir it successful September astatine the Academy of Country Music Honors, wherever she co-hosted with Jordan Davis.

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"I’m doing well," Pearce said. "It’s thing I’m inactive benignant of dealing with, and it’s decidedly going successful the close direction, which is good. … I consciousness adjacent to mean … but I deliberation it’s thing I person to support successful check.

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"I anticipation that my communicative has astatine slightest made radical … if you person that small tinge that possibly your gut's telling you something's wrong, spell get that checked due to the fact that you tin beryllium steadfast … deliberation you’re doing each the close things, and things tin happen."

The "We Don’t Fight Anymore" crooner initially revealed her wellness conflict successful May 2024 connected societal media. At the time, she told her fans things had taken a much superior turn. 

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"Hey ya'll I person ever been transparent and honorable astir each portion of my life, truthful I consciousness similar this deserves the aforesaid honesty," Pearce said connected Instagram.

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"You guys cognize that I've been dealing with immoderate wellness issues and done that I person developed thing called pericarditis, which is simply a bosom issue.

"I've been moving with doctors and talking to my cardiologist, and I inactive privation to beryllium retired connected the road; it's truly important to me, but we person each decided that it is successful my champion involvement arsenic I americium healing to change my shows a small bit," she said.

Pearce was connected the roadworthy touring with Tim McGraw erstwhile she revealed her bosom condition. 

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"If my shows look a small spot different, conscionable cognize it's due to the fact that I person to support my bosom complaint nether power close present and that doesn't mean that I'm not going to beryllium wholly fine, it conscionable means close present I've got to truly instrumentality this seriously," Pearce remarked.