5 COVID warning signs is in your heart, according to doctors
According to a number of alarming studies, even mild cases ofCOVID-19 [Feminine can affect the heart. In one of the most remarkable, a study published last summer inJama CardiologyThe researchers found that 78% of a study sample of people previously young and healthy had permanent signs of time damages after their virus recovery. None of them thought nothing was wrong with their hearts. If you feel one of these symptoms after a diagnosis of COVID, it is advisable to consult your health care provider for their advice.Read on and ensure your health and health of others, do not miss theseWithout signs that you have already had coronavirus.
You could have low blood pressure
Myocarditis or inflammation of cardiac muscle is a potentially dangerous effect of COVID-19. "Myocarditis may result from a direct cardiac invasion by the virus itself, or more by inflammation caused by the cytokine storm," wroteDara K. Lee Lee Lewis Harvard Medical Schoolearlier this month. "When this happens, the heart can become enlarged and weakened, resulting in low blood pressure and fluid in the lungs."
You could have a burning heart - and do not know it
Perhaps more frightening, sometimes myocarditis can not produce any symptoms at all. "A recent studyshowed that asymptomatic cardiac inflammation was observed on magnetic resonance imaging up to three quarters of patients with serious Covid-19, "wrote Lewis.
You could have fatigue
According to Bob S. Hu, MD, Director of Cardiac MRI in Sutter Health, several global studies have found that heart analyzes of recovered CIVID-19 patients reveal high levels of troponin, indicating the damage caused by the heart. In these patients, "fatigue, shortness of breath and thoracic pain were frequent symptoms"Biospace reported.
You could have chest pain
"We are starting to see more patients with cardiovascular symptoms ranging from chest pain to pre-presyncope palpitations or syncope, which feels extended, as if you will fainting," saidCardiologist Nisha Parikh, MD, MPHAssociate Professor of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco, in UCSF magazine.
You could have pots
COVID-19 can cause a phenomenon known asThe postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, which can linger long after the body has cleared the virus."The pots, as we know, is characterized by an abnormal increase in heart rate when it rising and can lead to vertigo, fainting and other debilitating symptoms," said Parikh.
How to survive this pandemic
If you feel one of these symptoms, consult medical help. And do everything you can to prevent you from installing and spreading - Covid-19 in the first place:Carry a face maskBe tested if you think you have coronavirus, avoid crowds (and bars and evenings of the house), practice social distance, do only run essential races, wash your hands regularly, disinfect frequently affected areas and to cross this healthiest pandemic, do not miss these35 places you are most likely to catch Covid.