Cardiac complications (myocarditis) risk was more elevated after COVID-19 infection than after mRNA vaccination.
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‘Cardiac complications, particularly myocarditis - an inflammation of the heart muscle - and pericarditis - swelling and irritation of the thin, saclike tissue surrounding the heart - as well as the multisystem inflammatory syndrome (MIS) - a rare but serious complication of SARS-CoV-2 infection with frequent cardiac involvement and majorly affecting children - have been associated with Covid infection and mRNA vaccination.’
Using electronic health record (EHR) data of 15,215,178 persons aged over 5 years from 40 US health care systems during January 1, 2021-January 31, 2022, the investigators calculated incidences of all these cardiac outcomes among all persons. The results showed that the incidence of cardiac outcomes after mRNA Covid-19 vaccination was highest for boys aged 12-17 years after the second vaccine dose.
However, within this demographic group, the risk for cardiac outcomes was 1.8-5.6 times as high after SARS-CoV-2 infection than after the second vaccine dose.
Myocarditis - Types, Causes, Symptoms, Complications, Treatment, Prognosis
Myocarditis is an inflammation of the heart muscle. It is caused due to the body’s immune system reacting against itself. It presents in various ways and is difficult to diagnose.
Myocarditis is an inflammation of the heart muscle. It is caused due to the body’s immune system reacting against itself. It presents in various ways and is difficult to diagnose.
"Analysis of EHR data from 40 US health care systems found that the incidences of cardiac complications after SARS-CoV-2 infection or mRNA Covid-19 vaccination were low overall but were higher after infection than after vaccination for both males and females in all age groups," said corresponding author Jason P. Block, Department of Population Medicine, from Harvard Medical School, US.
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Coronavirus is a large positive-strand RNA virus that is surrounded by a protein envelope. The virus obtains its name from the S protein spikes on its surface, which resemble a crown. The overall pattern of increasing coronavirus cases is shown to spike up with the “second wave” of COVID-19.
With spiking effects of the second wave of coronavirus, the best way to keep it at bay is to follow COVID-appropriate safety practices like wearing a mask, regularly cleaning your hands, and coughing into a bent elbow or tissue along with physical distancing (6 feet about 2 arm's length), that may help evade the severity of COVID-19 infection.
Coronavirus is a large positive-strand RNA virus that is surrounded by a protein envelope. The virus obtains its name from the S protein spikes on its surface, which resemble a crown. The overall pattern of increasing coronavirus cases is shown to spike up with the “second wave” of COVID-19.
With spiking effects of the second wave of coronavirus, the best way to keep it at bay is to follow COVID-appropriate safety practices like wearing a mask, regularly cleaning your hands, and coughing into a bent elbow or tissue along with physical distancing (6 feet about 2 arm's length), that may help evade the severity of COVID-19 infection.
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