Dr. Howard Smith Oncall

Vidcast:  https://www.instagram.com/p/DCFIV9RteNr/ The latest study indicates that those suffering from Long CoVid have virus-triggered circulating inflammatory agents that inflict the cardiac damage characteristic of this CoVid complication.  Australian researchers at the University of Queensland studied the blood of 50 subjects including those with Long CoVid, those recovered from CoVid, and those never infected.  Their results were just published in Nature Microbiology. Using nanotechnology to study blood, more than 1 in every 4 persons with Long CoVid were found to have circulating inflammation mediators that likely drive the cardiac symptoms of chest pain and heart palpitations. These inflammatory substances act on cardiac muscle producing characteristic myocarditis and a reduction in cardiac function. This long CoVid-associated toxicity is yet another reason to avoid contracting CoVid.  You do that with CoVid vaccination and boosting which the CDC is now recommending every 4-6 months for the most vu