SARS-CoV-2 infection triggers inflammatory responses in human heart vessels

https://www.nature.com/articles/s44161-023-00336-5

by belltaco • 3 years ago

33 9 3 years ago

This seems to describe the heart challenges I was going through for almost two years with long covid. That covid can infect the arteries of the heart and make the fatty plaque inside the arteries highly inflamed and acts as a reservoir for the virus.

I would feel like I was going to have a heart attack at any given moment and regular heart palpitations, but all cardiologists would clear me through tests.

That's my naive understanding of this research. Anyone care to help explain further?

ChatGTP• 3 years ago

Wouldn't the cardiologists be able to scan your arteries and see they are inflamed ? Honest question ?

They must have some way of doing this because how else do they know to prescribe stents ?

MyelinatedT• 3 years ago

It may be subclinical inflammation in some/most patients. Just because something is inflamed/there is an inflammatory process, doesn’t mean it’ll necessarily be bad enough to get picked up by the standard examinations or tests. I had long-lasting palpitations after COVID, despite completely normal ambulatory ECG and repeated echocardiograms. Took around 2-3 years to settle down to almost pre-COVID levels today.

nradov• 3 years ago

It's there any direct evidence the arterial plaques can act as reservoirs for this virus? That seems highly unlikely.

thenerdhead4• 3 years ago

Read the paper?

az226• 3 years ago

Are you doing better now?

thenerdhead4• 3 years ago

I am, thank you for asking.

It has been two years of hell but most of the heart stuff has largely gone away with time.

SARS-CoV-2 infection triggers inflammatory responses in human heart vessels

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