C-D-C IS LOOKING INTO REPORTS OF A HEART CONDITION IN TEENS
AND YOUNG ADULTS..
WHO HAVE GOTTEN
THE
COVID-19 VACCINE.
THERE’S NO
CONFIRMED
CONNECTION YET.
BUT SO FAR THERE
HAVE BEEN MORE
THAN A DOZEN CASES
IN CONNECTICUT.
NBC CONNECTICUT’S
JENNIFER JOAS JOINS
US LIVE FROM
HARTFORD -- WITH
WHAT PARENTS NEED
TO KNOW..
WHAT PARENTS NEED
TO KNOW..
ALL 18 PEOPLE WERE HOSPITILIZED AND
WERE IN THE HOSPITAL
FOR A FEW DAYS. 17 OF
THEM HAVE BEEN SENT
HOME.
BUT THE C-D-C AND
HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE
STILL TRYING TO
FIGURE OUT IF THIS
INFLAMATION OF THE
HEART MUSCLE.
KNOWN AS
MYOCARDITIS.. IS
EVEN RELATED TO THE
COVID VACCINE.
THE AGENCY SAYS THE
CASES APPEAR TO BE
RARE AND MILD. AND
MAINLY HAPPEN IN
TEENS AND YOUNG
ADULTS. IT ALSO IS
HAPPENING MORE
OFTEN IN MALES THAN
FEMALES. AND MORE
OFTEN FOLLOWS THE
SECOND DOSE OF THE
VACCINE.
TYPICALLY, IT OCCURS
WITHIN FOUR DAYS.
"WE’VE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH
THE CDC TO MAKE SURE
THEY’RE AWARE OF THE
CASES. THEY ARE STUDYING
THIS QUESTION. THESE HAVE
BEEN RARE, THEY’VE BEEN
MILD AND SELF-LIMITED. BUT
WE ARE TRACKING THEM AND
WORKING WITH OUR FEDERAL
PARTNERS."
WHILE THE CDC
CONTINUES TO
INVESTIGATE
WHETHER THERE IS A
CONNECTION
BETWEEN
MYOCARDITIS AND THE
VACCINE - DOCTORS
WE SPOKE TO SAY IT’S
STILL RECOMMENDED
TO GET VACCINATED.
THE BIG SYMPTOM TO
LOOK OUT FOR IN
YOUR CHILD IS CHEST
PAIN.
ALSO. DOCTORS SAY
SHORTNESS OF
BREATH, WEAKNESS
OR FATIGUE SHOULD
PROMPT YOU TO CALL
YOUR PEDIATRICIAN.
LIVE IN HARTFORD,
JENNIFER JOAS, NBC
CONNECTICUT NEWS.
JENNIFER JOAS, NBC
CONNECTICUT NEWS.
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