The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that some teens and some teens over the age of 18 who received the coronavirus vaccine experienced inflammation of the heart muscle. Recommending further studies, the agency says this condition often passes without complications and can be caused by a variety of viruses.
Some teens and some teens over the age of 18 who received the anti-COVID vaccine experienced inflammation of the heart muscle, said an advisory group of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, recommending further studies.
The CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices said in a statement on May 17 that it had reviewed reports that “some adolescents and young adults over the age of 18, after receiving doses of the coronavirus vaccine, developed myocarditis, a muscle inflammation. of the heart ”.
According to the CDC this condition often passes without complications and can be caused by a variety of viruses.
According to the CDC monitoring, the statement said, no more cases were found than expected in the population, but members of the Vaccination Committee thought that health care providers should be informed of this “side effect”.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention did not report how many people were affected by inflammation of the heart muscle after vaccination, but recommended further investigation.
Dr Amesh Adalja, a senior researcher at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Safety, said vaccines are known to cause myocarditis and it would be important to monitor to see if the cases are related to anti-COVID vaccines.
“It is important to look at the risk-benefit ratio. Vaccines will undoubtedly be much more beneficial than overcoming this very low risk, if finally determined.”, said Dr. Amesh Adalja.
CDC says cases of myocarditis usually occur within four days of receiving technology-based vaccines mRNA . The CDC did not specify the name of a vaccine that causes inflammation of the heart muscle, but the United States has issued emergency authorizations for the two vaccines “Moderna” and “Pfizer”.
In April, the Israeli Ministry of Health said it was reviewing a small number of cases of inflammation of the heart in people who had received the Pfizer vaccine, but has not yet released a final report. Most cases in Israel were reported to individuals in their 30s.
On Saturday, the two companies “Pfizer” and “Moderna” did not respond to requests for comment from the news agency Reuters.
Earlier this month, US regulators expanded the use of the Pfizer vaccine to children aged 12 to 15.
