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Cross posted from another thread since I wanted to better understand Myocarditis:
I’m glad this was brought up, it is important to understand Myocarditis (from Myocarditis Foundation):
The most common cause of Myocarditis is a Viral Infection. acute Myocarditis is a well known complication of influenza infection. The clinical expression varies from asymptomatic to fulminant myocarditis, which can result in severe hemodynamics dysfunction, necessitating high-dose catechilolamimes and mechanical circulatory support.
Many viruses are associated with myocarditis, including viruses that cause the common cold (of which are 5 existing Covid strains that predate Covid 19), Covid 19, hepatitis B and C, parvovirus and herpes.
The article I posted never used the word Myocarditis (i.e. heart inflammation). It describes the heart infection (what causes Myocarditis) as unprecedented.
"Even after scouring scientific literature and conferring with colleagues, we cannot find these abnormal cell features in any other cardiac disease model. We believe they are unique to SARS-CoV-2 and could explain the prolonged heart damage seen in many COVID-19 patients."
The Myocarditis is the warning sign, and we have no idea whether or not it will go away quickly (like the seasonal flu), or will be more prolonged.
In fact, the Myocarditis Foundation also posted many articles saying while Myocarditis is seen in 20 - 30% of recovered patients it's too soon to draw any conclusions about recovery:
Myocarditis Foundation Articles
Implications for long-term COVID recovery
"There are no data on how acute treatment of COVID-19 may affect the convalescent phase or long-term cardiac recovery and function. Myocarditis from other viral pathogens can evolve into overt or subclinical myocardial dysfunction, and sudden death has been described in the convalescent phase of viral myocarditis. This raises concerns for patients recovering from COVID-19."