Ludovica Bizzaglia, 25, actress, told about Instagram of having pericarditis after the second dose of the Moderna vaccine he received on August 5th. Her story is similar to that of Francesca Marcon, a Venetian volleyball player who announced, through social media, that she had developed a form of pericarditis following the RNA messenger vaccine that today forces her to a forced stop. And to that of the footballer Pedro Obiang, Sassuolo midfielder, who would have been hit by myocarditis after the vaccine and forced to stop for 15 days. But in the story in which he told about it, Bizzaglia also recommended everyone to get vaccinated: “I don’t want the wrong message to pass, unfortunately it can happen, it’s bad luck: but the vaccine is the only way to get out of Covid-19».
Ludovica Bizzaglia and pericarditis
Today she explains in detail to the Corriere della Sera what happened to her: «I began to feel bad during my vacation in Greece: shooting pains in my chest, shortness of breath, pain and tingling in my arm. At the time I thought it was the fault of anxiety, since I suffer from panic attacks, so much so that immediately afterwards I went to the mountains anyway, to Bormio. But I continued to get worse, I feared a heart attack, so I ran back to Rome and to my trusted heart surgeon, Massimo Maffetti of the Gemelli Polyclinic, who diagnosed me in three minutes, the symptoms were very clear for him “. And also tells what the No vax: «« You deserve death, you will remain heart disease for life, you will not reach 40 years of age, ashamed, a slave to the government and to Rai, just to give you an idea. Someone is even convinced that we, as testimonials of the vaccine, were actually injected only with water and sugar ».
Cases of myocarditis and pericarditis have rarely been observed after Covid-19 vaccination, such as he did know also the Italian Medicines Agency. Aifa explained that “the cases occurred mainly in the 14 days following vaccination, more often after the second dose and in young men. Available data suggest that the course of myocarditis and pericarditis after vaccination is no different from that of myocarditis or pericarditis in general. Healthcare professionals need to pay attention to the signs and symptoms of myocarditis and pericarditis. And they must instruct vaccinated subjects to seek immediate medical attention if after vaccination they develop symptoms indicative of myocarditis or pericarditis, such as chest pain, shortness of breath or palpitations ».
What is pericarditis
Regarding myocarditis, it should be noted that a very recent Israeli study suggest the correlation although it cannot ascertain the causality, confirming however that the risk for the unvaccinated who become infected is considerably greater. The study suggests that mRNA vaccines are linked to an increased risk of myocarditis. We know that this is mild in the majority of cases, mostly young people. Otherwise, those who become infected and develop Covid have a considerably greater risk of incurring myocarditis. For pericarditis, however, the inflammation can be asymptomatic or cause pain in the sternum, neck, left arm. Up to the enlargement of the pericardium which risks affecting the heart rhythm.
“You heal in a few days with a cortisone treatment, this is the reality – he said some time ago at the Corriere della Sera Sergio Abrignani, immunologist and representative of the Conference of the Regions in the Cts -. Covid myocarditis or pericarditis can be serious, but not those related to immunization, very rare. It is certainly not a risk that can make us desist from vaccination, which above all brings advantages ». The data of the European Medicines Agency speak of 157 cases of pericarditis and 164 of myocarditis out of a total of 200 million vaccines administered. A study published on 4 August last in Jama concerning two million vaccinated people spoke of 60 temporary heart problems for every million immunized. The hospitalized patients were discharged within two days and there were no deaths. The study recorded 20 cases of myocarditis (one case per 100,000) and 37 of pericarditis (1.8 cases per 100,000).
