Covid and Heart Damage

Covid and Heart Damage

"#Heart Failure"
I can’t do this anymore. We are forced to forget everything we have learned about Covid over the last 5 years, & we have pretended to be puzzled FOR YEARS. Covid has been WRECKING our hearts since 2020. If you’re getting Covid, your heart is probably not okay.
I can’t do this anymore. We are forced to forget everything we have learned about Covid over the last 5 years, & we have pretended to be puzzled FOR YEARS. Covid has been WRECKING our hearts since 2020. If you’re getting Covid, your heart is probably not okay.

“We are forced to forget everything we have learned about Covid over the last 5 years, & we have pretended to be puzzled FOR YEARS. Covid has been WRECKING our hearts since 2020. If you’re getting Covid, your heart is probably not okay.

The first headline is current, & the rest are from 2022.”

·x.com·
I can’t do this anymore. We are forced to forget everything we have learned about Covid over the last 5 years, & we have pretended to be puzzled FOR YEARS. Covid has been WRECKING our hearts since 2020. If you’re getting Covid, your heart is probably not okay.
Cardiac Manifestations of Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Cardiac Manifestations of Coronavirus (COVID-19)

“Cardiac injury is recognized as one of the most frequent complications of the disease. Long-term cardiac complications following COVID-19 include ischemic heart disease, heart failure, arrhythmias, and myocarditis.”

➡️“Clinicians and other interprofessional healthcare team members need to maintain a high degree of suspicion for developing these complications, especially since typical symptoms of cardiac disease may not be present in these patients.”

·x.com·
Cardiac Manifestations of Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Even mild COVID raises the chance of heart attack and stroke. What to know about the risks ahead
Even mild COVID raises the chance of heart attack and stroke. What to know about the risks ahead
“Between 30 days and a year after recovery from COVID, survivors were 52% more likely to have a stroke, 63% more likely to have a heart attack, and 72% more likely to develop heart failure.”
·hriuk.org·
Even mild COVID raises the chance of heart attack and stroke. What to know about the risks ahead
Trends in Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Rates and Excess Deaths, 2010–2022
Trends in Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Rates and Excess Deaths, 2010–2022
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality increased during the initial years of the COVID-19 pandemic, but whether these trends endured in 2022 is unknown. This analysis describes temporal trends in CVD death rates from 2010 to 2022 and estimates excess CVD deaths from 2020 to 2022.
·ajpmonline.org·
Trends in Cardiovascular Disease Mortality Rates and Excess Deaths, 2010–2022
SARS-CoV-2 Damages Cardiomyocytes Mitochondria and Implicates Long COVID-associated Cardiovascular Manifestations
SARS-CoV-2 Damages Cardiomyocytes Mitochondria and Implicates Long COVID-associated Cardiovascular Manifestations
After Covid infection rest for a few months. This paper reveals mitochondrial damage to cardiomyocytes— cells that allow heart to beat. This is likely a reason for increased sudden cardiac death during exercise post acute Covid.
·medrxiv.org·
SARS-CoV-2 Damages Cardiomyocytes Mitochondria and Implicates Long COVID-associated Cardiovascular Manifestations