The CDC has confirmed it condition could be a delayed Side Effect vaccine
The agency says this complication mainly affects younger men after vaccination.
Covid vaccination has been associated with a relatively common varietySide effects, None of them serious. Headache, fever and fatigue can occur for anyone who is one of theavailable Covid vaccines, And they should disappear completely a few days after vaccination, by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). In recent weeks, however, more and more reports have been resurfaced from a side effect of vaccinal disappointing mainly hitting younger men: heart inflammation. During a recent meeting to consider data on cases of this potential complication, the CDC confirmed that there is a "probable association"Between cardiac inflammation and mRNA Covid vaccines especially among young men.
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During a meeting on 23 June, the Agency considered the conclusions presented by the CCC (ACIP) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). ACIP revealed that there wasMore than 1200 cases of myocarditis or pericarditis in people who have received either the Pfizer or Modern vaccine. Myocarditis is an inflammation of the heart muscle and a pericarditis is an inflammation of the mucosa around the heart.
According to the data, there has been a total of 267 cases after the first dose of vaccine and 827 cases after the second dose of vaccine. Most cases have occurred in those who have received the Pfizer vaccine.
The CDC says you should be on the lookout for any thoracic pain, shortness of breath, or the feeling of having a fast, voltifant, or beating heartAfter receiving either Of the two mRNA vaccines, because they could be signs of cardiac inflammation. "Look for medical care if you think you or your child have one of these symptoms in a week after Covid-19 vaccination," the Agency's states on its website.
"Clinical presentation of myocarditis cases after vaccination was distinct, occurring most often less than a week after two doses, with thoracic pain as the most common presentation,"grace, MD, member of the ACIP, said at the meeting.
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The CDC says that the benefits of COVID vaccines are still carrying on the risk of cardiac inflammation, despite the probable association. "It remains a rare event,"Tom Shimabukuro, MD, Deputy Director of the CDC Immunization Security Bureau, confirmed during the meeting.
The CDCpublished a joint statement After the meeting with other health officials and the great organizations, explaining that for young people who do not receive cardiac inflammation after vaccination, "most cases are benign" and individuals are likely to recover themselves. or with minimal treatment.
"In addition, we know that myocarditis and pericarditis are much more frequent if you get Covid-19, and the risks at the heart of CIVID-19 infection can be more serious," health organizations have said in their joint statement .
Rare or not, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on June 23 that they will beThe addition of a warning On cases of inflammation with Pfizer and Modern vaccine leaves, by Politico.
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