Carly Pearce is sharing a health update with her fans after recently revealing that she'd been diagnosed with a heart condition. Pearce sat down with ET's Nischelle Turner and Rachel Smith on the balcony of the Historic Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee, on Monday, and she opened up about her recent announcement. "I'm OK, yeah," Pearce shared.
"It was pericarditis and a pericardial effusion, which is an inflammation and fluid inside the sac of your heart. And so I'm just kinda figuring it out as I go." According to Pearce, she felt she needed to share her own diagnosis so that it might encourage others to get checked out when they don't feel well.
"It is important to be transparent," Pearce said. "Because you never know who maybe needs to listen to their body, or maybe is going through something." According to the Mayo Clinic , "pericarditis is swelling and irritation of the thin, saclike tissue surrounding the heart.
" The condition is somewhat rare, but is treatable. However, Pearce explained that caution is being taken and some changes are being made to how she performs live in the future. Pearce is currently supporting Tim McGraw on his 2024 Standing Room Only Tour, and she's set to start headline her own tour next February.
However, due to her condition, Pearce said, "I kind of have to make adjustments just because my heart rate quite literally cannot get above a certain point." "Fans have been really nice," Pearce added. "I had my first three shows this past weeke.