‘I couldn’t move my body’: Singaporean, 30, stricken by myocarditis; doctors explain why younger people get it
- Viral infections such as Covid-19, influenza, dengue, and hepatitis B and C can lead to myocarditis
- The National Heart Centre Singapore has seen slightly more cases of this condition of heart inflammation during the Covid-19 pandemic
- A doctor said the increase could be due to more people getting Covid-19 that then led to myocarditis
- Young healthy individuals can develop myocarditis due to an over-activation of immune responses triggered by an acute infection
- A 30-year-old talked about her “scary” experience with heart inflammation that was not Covid-19-related
Source: TODAY
