The symptoms of Covid-19, a spectrum sickness, range widely from asymptomatic infection to life-threatening illness. Heart damage is a new development in the list of potentially harmful Covid-19 outcomes, joining lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome as the most feared problems. We are here to talk about the effect of Covid-19 on the heart because of this.
The Covid-19 virus affected the heart in hospitalized patients, those with moderate forms of the illness, and persons who had no prior heart-related disorders, according to studies and observational data from the pandemic. According to data obtained through a Right to Information (RTI) request made by activist Chetan Kothari, heart attacks were responsible for nearly 23.8 percent (17,880) of the 75,165 deaths in Mumbai up to June of last year. This is because the city experienced a six-fold increase in heart attack-related deaths during the first six months of 2021, the second wave of Covid-19. These heart-related problems might last a very long time after the Covid-19 infection, whether the person had a severe or moderate case.
Doctors saw a rise in heart attacks both during and just after the Covid-19 era. This is because it seems that the virus is fostering circumstances that worsen clotting and obstructions in the pulmonary artery, which lead to heart attacks. It has been demonstrated that the virus causes myocarditis by directly affecting the heart.
Inflammation of the myocardium, the middle layer of the heart muscle wall, is known as myocarditis. It is rare and typically brought on by a viral infection. The electrical system that maintains the heart pumping correctly is weakened by myocarditis along with the heart muscle. The heart’s ability to pump blood is thus compromised. It is thought that the hyperinflammation caused by the Covid-19 virus might cause clot formation everywhere in the body. Other organs may then be affected by blood vessels being affected by this.
