“According to the NHS: “Postural tachycardia syndrome (PoTS) is when your heart rate increases very quickly after getting up from sitting or lying down. It can get better with changes to your lifestyle, but some people may need treatment with medicines.” The condition is also sometimes known as postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome. In recent years, cases of the condition have risen and interest in it has, too, with Google Trends data showing that even just in the past year, there has been a 61% increase in people searching for the term.”
People suffering from chronic cough, hoarseness post-Covid may develop risk of heart attack, warns study After Covid-19 many people are still suffering from chronic throat issues like cough, hoarseness and more. A recent study has revealed that these people with throat issues may develop a risk of heart attack.
Huh.
Guess what has been known to cause heart failure since 2020? Anyone? Anyone?
“Cases are predicted to nearly double by 2040 as charity warns of 400,000 people with undiagnosed heart failure”
Unraveling the relevance of SARS-Cov-2 infection and ferroptosis within the heart of COVID-19 patients
🔥Important and detailed study on the potential mechanism behind C19 related heart damage!
SARS-CoV-2 infection can markedly influence the initiation and progression of atherosclerotic lesions.
- Endothelial dysfunction, platelet activation, and persistent inflammation are potential drivers of increased atherosclerosis following COVID-19.
Excellent multi-tweet analysis thread of new study:
New paper in PLOS Pathogens has findings about:
- the effect of the SARS-CoV-2 spike protein on cardiac cells (and mitochondrial dysfunction!),
- a treatment to be investigated, and
- how this is NOT caused by mRNA vaccines
Cardiovascular disease and covid-19: A systematic review
❗Cardiovascular complications of COVID-19 are numerous and life-threatening❗
An updated systematic authors review of the literature(2020–2024) only confirming the bad news, its strength.
SARS-CoV-2 can damage cardiac muscle cells (cardiomyocytes). Different variants are found to infect and affect differently cardiomyocytes in a new study in vitro and in vivo(=animal model/Golden hamster). BA.2 Omicron flagged as particularly dangerous
Persistence of SARS-CoV-2 colonization and high expression of inflammatory factors in cardiac tissue 6 months after COVID-19 recovery: a prospective cohort study
“The increase of cardiovascular risk associated with COVID-19 might be extended for years and not limited to the acute phase of the infection. This should promote the planning of longer follow-up for COVID-19 patients to prevent and promptly manage the potential occurrence of major adverse cardiovascular and cerebrovascular events." ➡️ Now add reinfections into the risk equation
Comprehensive Twitter thread: 1/ A fresh, running thread on COVID’s well-documented cardiovascular harms for anyone who needs links when discussing the rise in heart failure and strokes among younger and middle-aged people since 2020: