Sergio “Kun” Agüero resigned from soccer, because he suffers from a cardiac arrhythmia. Users on social networks have affirmed that this is a consequence of the covid-19 vaccine, how possible is it?
Kun Agüero, Barcelona Football Club player, had to retire before football.
The reason? A chest discomfort that, in his last game, led him to throw himself on the grass, with a gesture of pain and his hand on his chest.
His diagnosis is a cardiac arrhythmia. Given this, some common people They have affirmed on social networks that the athlete’s pathology is a consequence of having received the covid-19 vaccine.
His case has generated special discomfort, because has not been the only who have had these types of conditions recently.
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Could it be the vaccine?
According to Dr. Javier Moreno, cardiologist and president of the arterial hypertension chapter of the Colombian Society of Cardiology, what is pointed out in networks is completely false. “Ventricular arrhythmia has nothing to do with the vaccine in this case.”
This pathology, which consists of an abnormal rhythm of the heartbeat, It can have a number of causes, including heart abnormalities, poor blood flow, electrolyte imbalance, etc.
In fact, the cardiologist continues, in general it is about conditions that are inherited.
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Kun Agüero had covid-19
In January of this year, the Argentine had been isolated for having had close contact with a person positive for covid-19.
After taking the relevant tests, he confirmed to the public that he was also infected.
At this point, Dr. Carlos Agudelo, infectologist and professor at the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana, explains that the coronavirus can cause some inflammation of the heart, “This is called myocarditis” and comments that it is usually detected first than arrhythmia, because it has additional manifestations.
Despite this, it is not the case of Kun Agüero. Although “myocarditis can produce ventricular arrhythmia, not all ventricular arrhythmias are due to myocarditis, as occurs in this specific case”, Complements Moreno.
Arrhythmias possibly associated with vaccination will always be under scientific observation and, if confirmed, generalized measures would be taken. For now, Agudelo points out, it is still something “very rare” to find them associated with the biological one.
Thus, vaccines remain safe: with a benefit greater than the risk. They could even protect you more than 90% from developing a serious illness from SARS-CoV-2.
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