Burra Koushik (8), a third-class student of Upper Primary School, Venkatraopalli of Boinpalli mandal, died on Tuesday after suffering a heart attack.
The school reported that Koushik, who was studying Class III at Venkatraopalli UPS, collapsed while waiting in the midday meal queue line along with others. The school staff gave first aid to him and rushed him to a hospital in Karimnagar, where he was pronounced dead.
Doctors declared that the boy had died from a fatal heart attack.
Increase in heart diseases among people who had Covid-19
Covid-19 survivors frequently worry about the virus’s long-term effects on their lungs. However, experts advise taking care of the heart as well, citing an increase in heart problems among those who have recovered from the infection.
“A surge in heart-related problems has been observed by doctors in the last few months, particularly in the younger population (people under 50 years of age) who recovered from Covid-19 infection,” stated Dr. Atri Gangopadhyay, a pulmonologist and national spokesperson of the Chest Council of India.
According to a recent study published in the UK-based journal ‘Circulation,’ people with Covid-19 are 21 times more likely to have a heart attack or stroke, increasing the risk of potentially life-threatening blood clots.
He said that before the pandemic, patients suffering from lung diseases used to suffer from heart ailments as well. However, the frequency of such cases increased among the younger population after Covid-19, which led the researchers to investigate aggressively. Despite the fact that no such reliable population-based study is available in India, he believes the number of cases must have increased.
“In my practice, I’ve seen an increase in deep vein thrombosis (blood clot) and pulmonary embolism cases in long Covid cases. The number of cases must have increased by approximately five to six times. There is also an increase in heart attack and stroke cases,” said Surender Reddy, a pulmonology professor at the Employee State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) Hospital in Sanathnagar.
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