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COVID-19 stress could be hurting your heart
In this week s Wellness Wednesday, we re taking a closer look at how stress related to the pandemic this past year has impacted heart health.
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and last updated 2021-02-25 11:42:47-05
While the COVID-19 virus has killed more than 400,000 Americans and caused still unknown damage to millions more, the stress of enduring a global pandemic is also taking a toll, especially on women.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, two-thirds thirds of women play some sort of caregiver role, whether thatâs to a spouse, children, parents, and/or neighbors ââ and the need for such care has skyrocketed during the pandemic.
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SALT LAKE CITY – One year into the pandemic, doctors have noticed a trend: Some patients with COVID-19 are coming out of the illness with heart problems, and heart complications are contributing to many coronavirus-related deaths.
Intermountain Healthcare said recent studies show 20% of patients with COVID-19 may have heart problems by the end of their illness.
Travis Smith can relate. I was always under the assumption, I m 30 years old. I should be OK, Smith said.
In July Smith got the virus and it started, as you might expect, with the typical symptoms until one night. The only way I ve been able to describe that night was it felt like my heart was trying to go between my rib cage and crawl right out, he said.
While the COVID-19 virus has killed more than 400,000 Americans and caused still unknown damage to millions more, the stress of enduring a global pandemic is also taking a toll especially on women.
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