Inflammation of the heart muscles or myocarditis has been reported in people who have received the COVID vaccine.
The Jerusalem Post reported a 19-year old who experienced accelerated heartbeat after receiving the second dose, along with shortness of breath and sharp pains radiating down his left arm.
In another report about myocarditis leaked to the Jerusalem Post that has been redacted mentioned,
The leaked document showed that most cases were reported among young men aged 18-30. A total of 62 cases of myocarditis have occurred so far in Israel around the time of the vaccination, 56 of them after the second dose. Some 55 cases occurred among men.
In most cases, the patients were discharged from the hospital in good conditions. However, two people – a 22-year-old woman and a 35-year-old man – died. According to the report, they did not have any preexisting condition, but further investigation was needed to confirm the diagnosis.
In the U.S., the Pentagon is tracking 14 cases of heart inflammation among soldiers who received the COVID-19 shots.
Myocarditis is a serious diagnosis that can lead to irregular, and rapid heartbeats called arrhythmias. If many heart muscles are involved, fatal arrhythmias like ventricular fibrillation and ventricular tachycardia can happen.
If the inflamed heart muscles cannot pump well. That leads to congestive heart failure. When a pump fails, fluids back up. If the heart fails, fluid builds up in the lungs. This build-up of fluid occupies the space reserved for inhaled air. What happens next is shortness of breath.
How can the COVID-19 shot cause myocarditis?
From January 24, 2021, COVID-19, Autoimmunity and Vaccination Part 2, an article from this website showed that some antibodies developed against the spike protein of the SARS-CoV-2 could react with the α-myosin protein.
The α-myosin is present in all heart muscles. That is why some antibodies formed against the COVID-19 infection or vaccine can attack the heart muscles and cause myocarditis.
The similarities between protein sequences between different organisms, in this case, humans and viruses, are called molecular mimicry. In the case of the SARS-CoV-2, many protein sequences are similar to humans, and α-myosin is just one of them.
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