Sunday 13/April/2025 – 01:28 PM
A recent study revealed that children and adolescents may face Serious heart problems For up to six months after infection with the Corona virus, the researchers found an increase in the risk of high blood pressure, myocarditis, irregular heartbeat, and heart failure.
Corona infection increases the risk of heart disease
According to what was published in the Times Now newspaper, a new study raised concerns about the long -term effects of the Corona virus infection, about the health of the heart in children and adolescents, and while the risk of cardiovascular disease that follows the infection of the Corona virus is well documented in adults, this research shows that younger age groups may also be subject to multiple heart complications after months of recovery from the virus.
The study, conducted by researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and published in the Nature Communications magazine, found that children and adolescents who have been infected with the Corona virus, faced much higher opportunities to develop a group of cardiovascular disease in a period ranging from one to six months after the injury, and the researchers analyzed electronic health records from 19 hospitals and health institutions for children throughout the United States, The data collected between March 2020 and September 2023 included 297,920 children and adolescents who had Corona virus and 915,402 people, of the same age group they were not infected, and all participants underwent monitored for at least six months.
The results revealed a noticeable increase in statistically at the risk of developing many cardiovascular diseases among the people formerly infected with the Corona virus, and these results included high pressure.M, myocarditis, irregular ventricular heartbeat, and flyFor the heart muscle, chest pain, heart palpitations, heart attack, and thrombosis.
These risks were present in children with birth defects in the heart and not infected with them, however, children with birth defects in the heart showed a particularly high risk of atrial fibrillation, which is a heart rhythm disorder, often rapid, and may lead to serious complications.
