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COVID-19 patients warned about possible myocarditis
From: Shenzhen Daily
Updated: 2023-01-06 09:01

Perople who had been infected with COVID-19 were warned of having myocarditis, as the probability of cardiovascular disease will increase after a COVID infection, according to CCTV.com.


A man surnamed Sun is an ambulance driver for a community hospital. After testing positive for COVID, he felt that his symptoms were mild and continued to work. However, he fainted while at work one day, and after he was sent to the hospital, he was diagnosed with myocarditis.


Gong Ming, chief physician of cardiac surgery at the Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, said that studies have showed that the probability of cardiovascular diseases will increase after a person is infected with COVID.


Myocarditis is a rare but fatal complication of COVID. The main symptoms include fever, difficulty in breathing and chest pains.


After infection with COVID, the virus will invade myocardial cells or cause excessive activation of the immune system, with a small probability of causing myocarditis. Exercise in the acute stage of COVID infection will accelerate virus replication and increase the risk of myocarditis.


Therefore, experts suggested that people must avoid physical exercise when they are infected with COVID and prevent strenuous exercise after recovery.


Zhou Daliang, chief physician of the cardiology department at the First Hospital of Harbin, reminded that myocarditis generally occurs within three weeks of viral infection.


The majority of people with myocarditis are children and people under 40. Patients who are asymptomatic or have mild symptoms, can also exhibit symptoms such as tightness in the chest, palpitations, chest pains and fatigue. Severe patients can have heart failure, even cardiogenic shock.


Residents need to be vigilant if they feel flustered, a tightness in their chest, shortness of breath and other discomforts, and they are recommended to go see a doctor and have an electrocardiogram and blood test.


Young people who like to stay up late are more likely to suffer from fulminant myocarditis. If they do detect it early, it is likely to cause cardiac arrest and multiple organ failure.


To prevent myocarditis, doctors suggest that one can drink more warm water, sleep and rest more, adopt targeted treatment to specific symptoms, and go see a doctor as soon as possible when one has difficulty in breathing or has an increasing heart rate, faints or suffer from cramps.




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