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Living with left ventricular hypertrophy: What cautions do you take?

Heart & Blood Health | Last Active: Feb 7 12:53pm | Replies (18)
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When we are vaccinated, say with the annual flu or with a pneumonia vaccine, or a shingles vaccine, or with the MMR (measles, mumps, and rubella) the administering tech/nurse/pharmacist will ask you to stick around the facility for about 15 minutes to ensure you don't experience anaphylaxis. You may successfully end that cautionary time period and go home, only to have a reaction with your heart, perhaps due to pericarditis or something else, maybe loss of Vagal nerve tone.

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bitsygirl | @bitsygirl | Feb 6 1:22pm

Thanks. I have an irrational fear of vaccines since I started getting the Covid vaccine. I have a reaction every time, when I've never had a reaction to any other vaccine. On top of that, I got PMR during Covid, but it came on slowly and took forever to get diagnosed, so I can't really say it was from the vaccine.

So is your understanding that it can happen and you're unaware? I guess that must be true, given that people get heart failure and never see it coming. My last echo appeared to show some diastolic dysfunction. Now I'm terrified of heart failure, partly because I just don't understand how it comes on or the timing of medical interventions. It seems like they wait until there is irreversible remodeling to actually start treating any potential causes. That seems odd to me.

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