India has seen a significant increase in heart attacks over the past several months. Concerns about how the virus is affecting the human heart and whether the current heart attacks are related to the SARS-CoV-2 that causes COVID-19 have been raised by the worrisome number of cases of persons developing heart disease after COVID recovery. Let's examine the relationship to see whether COVID-19 is connected to the recent spike in heart attacks.
A respiratory illness called COVID-19 enters the body and then targets the lungs. However the virus has other effects besides this one after infection. According to scientists who have studied recent cases in the nation, COVID-19 can also affect the heart. Doctors are concerned about whether this is one of the serious post-COVID symptoms that a person may experience after recovering from the virus because India is experiencing a rapid increase in the number of heart attacks in the post-COVID period. Mansukh Mandaviya, the health minister, said in a statement to the media regarding the recent spike in young people dying from heart attacks: "We saw so many young artists, athletes, and sportspeople...they died on stage while performing. We all witnessed that, and soon after, news began to spread from various locations.
In order to comprehend the risky relationship between the heart and COVID-19 virus, we spoke with Dr. Thangaraj Paul Ramesh, Senior Consultant Cardiothoracic, Heart And Lung Transplant Surgeon, Apollo Hospital, Chennai, Adjunct. To learn everything, watch the video.
The term "arrhythmia" refers to an erratic heartbeat. The heart muscles contract as a result of an electrical signal or impulse that moves through them with each heartbeat, whether it is regular or irregular. The heart pumps blood during each contraction, which travels throughout the body. When this electrical impulse does not function properly, the heartbeat becomes erratic. It either makes the heart beat too slowly (tachycardia) or too quickly (bradychardia). Because the cardiac muscles contract too soon, the heartbeat might occasionally be neither fast nor slow yet nevertheless irregular. Arrhythmia often has no negative effects. The majority of us occasionally have heartbeat irregularities.
But, if the heartbeat deviates too much from the average and takes a long time to return to normal, it could be hazardous. Such situations can be fatal and may be brought on by weakened cardiac muscles or heart injury. Arrhythmia can occasionally cause the heart to stop pumping enough blood to the body. The brain and other body organs may suffer significant harm as a result. The irregular heartbeat can happen for a variety of reasons. Arrhythmia is more likely to occur in people with conditions like diabetes, drug misuse, cardiac disease, stress, smoking, and alcohol usage. The typical heart rate for a healthy person is from 60 to 100 beats per minute (while resting). The more fit you are, the
