This is how often heart muscle inflammation really occurs after the corona vaccination: Patients respond well to rest
Created: 12/20/2021, 8:53 AM
From: Juliane Gutmann
An infection that has not been cured is the main cause of myocarditis.
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A common cause of myocarditis is a previous infection that has not been completely cured.
Cases were also reported after the corona vaccination.
Spread infections are the most common cause of heart muscle inflammation (myocarditis). As the German Heart Foundation further informs, flu, for example, can lead to inflammation of the heart muscle. Gastrointestinal flu * could also take this dangerous course - if it is not cured well. Because if you return to hectic everyday life too early or quickly resume the sports program, you risk spreading the infection.
According
to the German Heart Foundation,
this favors the development of myocarditis and can even lead to sudden cardiac death
. So prevent and cure infections with the necessary patience, so the appeal of the foundation.
Even after corona vaccinations there were cases of myocarditis.
The Paul Ehrlich Institute (PEI) as the German Federal Institute for Vaccines and Biomedical Medicines records the complaints reported after corona immunizations in safety reports.
The current report also
lists the
myocarditis cases.
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Myocarditis after vaccination: patients feel "quickly better" after treatment
"The known, very rare side effects of the mRNA vaccines include myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle) and pericarditis (inflammation of the pericardium), particularly young men and male children and adolescents are affected after the second vaccination", the PEI informs in the current safety report . But what exactly does “very rare side effect” mean? With more than 92 million doses of Comirnaty (Biontech) and Spikevax (Moderna) vaccinated in Germany by September 30, 2021, a total of 1,243 suspected myo- / pericarditis reports were reported to the PEI. However, regardless of the causal relationship with the respective vaccination.
The inflammation in the heart could not be assigned to the vaccination without any doubt, but could also have other causes such as a delayed infection, the use of certain medications such as antidepressants or autoimmune diseases
.
In very few cases, however, the inflammation of the heart muscle or pericardium is life-threatening after mRNA vaccination.
"The published data show
that most patients with myo- / pericarditis after vaccination with mRNA vaccines respond well to treatment and rest and feel better quickly,
" according to the PEI safety report.
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How many people died of myocarditis?
"Nine deaths related to the Covid-19 vaccination and myo- / pericarditis were reported: six men and three women between the ages of 35 and 84," said the PEI safety report.
Five reports related to Comirnaty, in the four other reports further information is still pending, which is why a final assessment is not yet possible.
It is important to know for the classification of the numbers: By December 15, 2021, 136.6 million vaccine doses had been administered in Germany
, as the vaccination dashboard shows.
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