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[gofish]

18 months ago I had covid. I purchased a pulse oximeater to keep track of my oxygen levels the first time I was released from the hospital.  When my husband got covid 6 months ago he also used it when he got covid related pneumonia. 

Last night my heart was racing and it was so easy to track my heart rate with this little tool.

After a half hour of a high heart rate my husband took me to the ER. It was packed. 

Most of the people waiting had been there for hours but because of my symptoms I got in as soon as possible. I was in atrial fibrillation. 

After a few hours of meditation they were preparing to admit me so that ment a covid test. Imagine my shock when I was told the test was positive. 

Just as I was trying to wrap my mind around this new development I was told they mixed up the test results.  The patient in trauma room one had covid. 

She had walked into the wrong room but quickly realized the mistake after checking the wrist band. 

I was in emergency room one and was negative.

After 5 hours my heart finally settled down into a normal rhythm so I could go home. 

Today I felt like I had been hit by a train. I am off work until Monday and I have a appointment with my cardiologist but you can bet on my carrying that little meter with me everywhere until we figure things out. 

I will probably get a back up one too very soon. 

[Mother]

I’m sorry you are having these health issues, Gofish.  We’re the heart problems caused by or connected to having Covid?  My daughter started having heart issues after having Covid. I have Afib caused by heart valve replacement surgery almost six years ago.  I have a pacemaker, take warfarin, and two heart medications. I didn’t realize a pulse oximeter would show Afib.  Thank you for mentioning it.   Please keep us updated and get well fast. 

[snapshotmiki]

I'm glad you are feeling a bit better!  I ordered one this morning!  Thanks for mentioning it to us!

[Midnightmom]

On 12/15/2021 at 7:22 PM, Mother said:

I didn’t realize a pulse oximeter would show Afib.  Thank you for mentioning it.   Please keep us updated and get well fast. 

It will only show AFib if you are testing while having an "episode." I'd been seeing a cardiologist for nigh unto 20+ years (for Bradychardia) and there was NEVER a mention of AFib. Four years ago I got a pacemaker and that puppy keeps a record 24/7 until your next pacer check when they wipe the memory. It was only AFTER I got the pacemaker that AFib was even mentioned to me! Now I take carvedilol to "calm" the fibrillations, and the pacemaker kicks in if my heart rate goes too low. I also take Xarelto (blood thinner) to prevent clots from forming and then getting accidentally thrown out and possibly causing a stroke. It is a delicate balance. 

[Midnightmom]

On 12/15/2021 at 7:22 PM, Mother said:

 We’re the heart problems caused by or connected to having Covid?

I thought the heart problems were only affected younger patients who had gotten the vaxx? I might be wrong on that, though. 

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ETA:     I've found this article since posting my reply so I am adding it here.

 

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Heart Inflammation Risk Higher From Moderna Vaccine Than COVID-19 for Those Under 40: Study

BY ZACHARY STIEBER

 

December 15, 2021 Updated: December 15, 2021

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The risk of developing a form of heart inflammation is higher for people younger than 40 after receiving Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine than it is from contracting COVID-19, according to a new study.

Researchers found 15 excess cases per 1 million people who received a second dose of the vaccine compared to 10 extra cases of myocarditis following a positive COVID-19 test. Moderna’s vaccine is typically taken in a two-dose regimen.

The risk of myocarditis, a form of heart inflammation, was much higher following the second dose of the Moderna vaccine, but there were still eight excess cases per 1 million people following the first dose as well.

“Time to abandon the belief that COVID-19 myocarditis risk is always higher than mRNA vaccine myocarditis risk. For some individuals, myocarditis risks of the vaccine(s) are higher than those of the disease,” Euzebiusz Jamrozik, an infectious disease expert who works at the University of Oxford, wrote on Twitter.

The elevated risk stood out against what researchers found for the Pfizer-BioNTech and AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccines. People were found to be more at risk of contracting myocarditis from COVID-19 than from either of those vaccines, regardless of age.

 

“This population-based study quantifies for the first time the risk of several rare cardiac adverse events associated with three COVID-19 vaccines as well as SARS-CoV-2 infection. Vaccination for SARS-CoV-2 in adults was associated with a small increase in the risk of myocarditis within a week of receiving the first dose of both adenovirus and mRNA vaccines, and after the second dose of both mRNA vaccines. By contrast, SARS-CoV-2 infection was associated with a substantial increase in the risk of hospitalization or death from myocarditis, pericarditis, and cardiac arrhythmia,” the researchers wrote.

SARS-CoV-2 is another name for the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, which causes COVID-19.

The study was published in Nature and was carried out by professors from multiple colleges, including the University of Oxford, which helped develop the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.

Researchers utilized data from the English National Immunization database, which includes information on all people vaccinated in England. The database featured information on 38.6 million people through Aug. 24.

Limitations on the study included not breaking down the data further—previous studies indicate that teenagers are at much higher risk of myocarditis from vaccines than older people—and Moderna’s vaccine not being available in the UK until April.

Representatives for Moderna, Pfizer, and AstraZeneca didn’t respond to requests for comment.

Moderna’s headquarters is seen in Cambridge, Mass., on Nov. 30, 2020. (Maddie Meyer/Getty Images)

Myocarditis and another form of heart inflammation, pericarditis, have been identified as serious side effects following vaccination with the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines, which are both built on messenger RNA technology. A U.S. study analyzing reports submitted to the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System found that teenage boys were more likely to suffer heart inflammation from the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines than they were from COVID-19 hospitalization.

Some countries, including Finland, paused their administration of Moderna’s vaccine to youth because of concerns about the side effect.

“The preliminary data showed that among those under 30, the myocarditis and pericarditis incidence was higher than expected,” Dr. Hanna Nohynek, chief physician of the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare’s Unit Infectious Diseases Control and Vaccines, told The Epoch Times in November.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration pushed back a decision in late October on whether to authorize the Moderna vaccine for children aged 17 and younger. Moderna stated that this was done so that drug regulators could more closely analyze the risk-benefit calculus.

Moderna stated in a November call that its vaccine, which is administered at a higher amount than Pfizer’s, offers better protection, but also brings more myocarditis risk.

A Canadian pre-print study published last week found that the incidence of heart inflammation was 5.1 times higher for males between 18 and 24 who got a second dose of Moderna’s vaccine versus those in the same population who received a second dose of Pfizer’s vaccine.

The risk of myocarditis following vaccination was much lower in youth who received the second dose at a longer interval, researchers found. Some countries have stretched the time between the first and second vaccine dose as a result of similar studies

https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/for-under-40-heart-inflammation-risk-higher-after-moderna-covid-19-vaccination-than-the-disease-study_4158712.html

 

Edited December 17, 2021 by Midnightmom

[Mother]

MM, I have had heart arrhythmia since having Lyme disease in the late 90’s and have been on various heart meds since.  It has been a roller coaster ride since then with health issues. They are finding that the Covid virus, like other viruses and bacteria’s, can have various and assorted effects on the body.  Thankfully not everyone has those issues.  

[Mt_Rider]

Glad the mix-up with the Covid test was in your favor, GoFish!  What you really had was certainly enough to deal with.  Good you were prepared with devices that got you to the ER.  Seems like preparedness in all areas is just vital these days.

 

MtRider  for your health to return.  So you can stay out of crowded ERs! 

[gofish]

Midnight mom I've had some minor heart issues before but the have definitely gotten worse since I had covid