“Can you get the COVID vaccine with heart arrhythmia?”
I have heart arrhythmia and want to get a COVID vaccine. Can you get the COVID vaccine with heart arrhythmia?
1 Answer
Yes.
People with heart disease benefit greatly from the COVID vaccine in less severe COVID symptoms, lower need for hospital admissions and lower mortality. The myocarditis which can RARELY occur after the mRNA vaccines is more common in young male> female adults without any known heart disease, is not well understood but is very mild and usually resolves on its own after a few days of rest and anti- inflammatory medications.
Carl Lauter MD, MACP, FAAAAI, FIDSA
Section Head, Section of Allergy and Immunology
Member, Section of Infectious Diseases
Professor, OUWB School of Medicine
Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan
3535 West 13 Mile, Suite 605
Royal Oak, Michigan 48073
Mobile 2488912451
Patient Office 2485510495
Fax 2485517268
Carl.lauter@beaumont.edu
People with heart disease benefit greatly from the COVID vaccine in less severe COVID symptoms, lower need for hospital admissions and lower mortality. The myocarditis which can RARELY occur after the mRNA vaccines is more common in young male> female adults without any known heart disease, is not well understood but is very mild and usually resolves on its own after a few days of rest and anti- inflammatory medications.
Carl Lauter MD, MACP, FAAAAI, FIDSA
Section Head, Section of Allergy and Immunology
Member, Section of Infectious Diseases
Professor, OUWB School of Medicine
Corewell Health William Beaumont University Hospital, Royal Oak, Michigan
3535 West 13 Mile, Suite 605
Royal Oak, Michigan 48073
Mobile 2488912451
Patient Office 2485510495
Fax 2485517268
Carl.lauter@beaumont.edu
