Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia Myocarditis is an inflammatory disease of the heart muscle that has been linked to the Covid-19 vaccine. Whereas the risk of myocarditis is more dangerous in those who are infected with Covid-19 without a vaccine than those who have been vaccinated.
People infected with Covid-19 face a higher risk of myocarditis and other inflammatory heart conditions than those vaccinated against the disease, according to a large study published by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
The CDC found a higher risk of myocarditis, pericarditis, and multisystem inflammatory syndrome after Covid infection than after Pfizer or Moderna vaccinations in men and women 5 years of age and older. However, this heart condition is rare after infection and vaccination, quoted from the CDC, Saturday (2/4/2022).
Myocarditis is inflammation of the heart muscle and pericarditis is inflammation of the outer lining of the heart. Multisystem inflammation is a condition associated with Covid infection that affects multiple organ systems.
Pfizer and Moderna vaccines have been associated with an increased risk of myocarditis and pericarditis after a second dose, especially among boys 12 to 17 years of age. However, even in this group, the risk of myocarditis and pericarditis was higher after Covid infection than after vaccination, according to the CDC.
Among adolescent boys, the rate of myocarditis or pericarditis after infection was at least 50 cases per 100,000 people, compared with at least 22 cases per 100,000 after the second dose of vaccine. The overall risk of heart conditions after Covid infection was up to 5.6 times higher than with the second dose of vaccine. The risk is up to 69 times higher after infection compared with the first injection.
Overall, the risk of heart problems after Covid infection is 2 to 115 times higher compared to vaccination depending on age, gender and dose given.
However, the vast majority of people who develop myocarditis after vaccination make a full recovery and most of them don’t report any effects on their quality of life, according to a CDC survey of health care providers presented at the February meeting.
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