{"id":1833644,"date":"2023-02-03T07:52:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T12:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1833644"},"modified":"2023-02-03T07:52:29","modified_gmt":"2023-02-03T12:52:29","slug":"from-colds-to-commotio-cordis-medical-pundits-reaching-to-rule-out-role-of-covid-vax-in-health-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/from-colds-to-commotio-cordis-medical-pundits-reaching-to-rule-out-role-of-covid-vax-in-health-issues\/","title":{"rendered":"From Colds to Commotio Cordis, Medical Pundits Reaching to Rule Out Role of COVID Vax in Health Issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffrom-colds-to-commotio-cordis-medical-pundits-reaching-to-rule-out-role-of-covid-vax-in-health-issues%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1833644&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47-->\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/social_media_share\/public\/2023-01\/Damar%20Hamlin.jpg?h=1b3ce0d9&#038;itok=CVigqM3_\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\"   style=\"display:none\"><\/div>\n<p>A cold forced a middle-aged cable news reporter, a vegetarian, yoga-practicing and non-smoker, to run seven miles. &#8220;three to four times a week&#8221; to the hospital with heart inflammation \u2014 twice \u2014 for several days each.<\/p>\n<p>A type of cardiac arrest that was overwhelmingly caused by a projectile placed to the chest of high school athletes almost killed a pro-football player who was playing in a routine tackle on national TV.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrity health crises over the past month have prompted quick and sometimes far-fetched explanations by media and the medical community. These explanations seem to avoid the popular fear: the COVID-19 vaccination injury.<\/p>\n<p>MSNBC host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msnbc.com\/yasmin-vossoughian\/watch\/yasmin-vossoughian-opens-up-about-health-scare-162059333658\">Yasmin Vossoughian spoke to viewers Saturday<\/a> About the &#8220;health scare&#8221; This kept her off the air for many weeks without explanation.<\/p>\n<p>Vossoughian developed intermittent chest pains on Dec. 20, which spread to her shoulder 10 jours later. Vossoughian was then diagnosed with pericarditis. &#8220;brought on by a virus, a literal common cold,&#8221; She said. The 44-year-old needed her heart to drain, so she spent four nights at the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Vossoughian was transferred to NYU Langone and returned home on Jan. 4. Three days later she was feeling better. &#8220;a flutter&#8221; she had myocarditis in her heart, and she was admitted again. She was admitted to hospital for five days more, where she underwent additional tests. &#8220;it was still just the cold doing all this,&#8221; She spoke.<\/p>\n<p>Vossoughian stated that she drinks occasionally but abstains on doctor&#8217;s orders. Her condition has been improved. &#8220;continued to wax and wane,&#8221; And she is on medication indefinitely.<\/p>\n<p>Greg Katz, NYU Langone&#8217;s cardiologist explained to Vossoughian what an &#8220;overactive immune response&#8221; The cold had caused her heart problems. According to him, doctors have seen such problems in the past. &#8220;a little bit more this year &#8230; it&#8217;s rare, but it&#8217;s not the rarest&#8221;  &#8220;very unpredictable.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Katz speculated &#8220;the season is a little bit more virus-heavy than usual&#8221; Due to social distancing and masking during the pandemic, immune systems are underexposed.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Not to be missed: Vossoughian, who is just a few years younger than the post-vaccination myocarditis\/pericarditis high-risk group of under-40s, has not been mentioned. This was known by the CDC at the time COVID vaccines were authorized. <a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/government\/courts-law\/premeditated-cdc-knew-covid-vax-associated-myocarditis-left-post-vax-surveys\">The conditions were not taken into consideration in post-vaccination surveys<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>She said that she was <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/yasminv\/status\/1386766079502991362\">vaccinated against COVID<\/a> in April 2021. Her employer, NBC Universal, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/business\/business-news\/amex-walmart-are-companies-mandating-covid-vaccine-employees-rcna11049\">ordered workers last summer to show proof of full vaccination<\/a> to return in person.<\/p>\n<p>Former New York Times drug industry reporter <a href=\"https:\/\/alexberenson.substack.com\/p\/44-year-old-female-vegetarian-msnbc?utm_source=post-email-title&#038;publication_id=363080&#038;post_id=99809082&#038;isFreemail=true&#038;utm_medium=email\">Alex Berenson said Vossoughian has hosted &#8220;segment after segment lauding the mRNAs with the most extreme vaccine fanatics around&#8221;<\/a> on her program and even did a segment on <a href=\"https:\/\/mobile.twitter.com\/msnbcweekends\/status\/1399113667678019585\">how teenagers can get vaccinated against their parents&#8217; wishes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Neither MSNBC&#8217;s press office nor Vossoughian&#8217;s Instagram account, the only way Just the News could find to contact her directly, responded to queries about what non-cold explanations, if any, doctors may have given her.<\/p>\n<p>NFL safety Damar Hamlin and his doctors have stayed tight-lipped on what they think caused his <a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/nation\/culture\/buffalo-bills-damar-hamlin-collapses-field-game-suspended\">on-field collapse during the Jan. 2 Buffalo Bills-Cincinnati Bengals game<\/a>. Hamlin didn&#8217;t address it in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/Cn-hfT0vhBH\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\">Jan. 28 Instagram video<\/a>, and family spokesperson Jordon Rooney did not respond to Just the News queries.<\/p>\n<div class=\"align-center\">\n[embedded content]\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>That silence has energized doctors and pundits all month long to remotely diagnose commotio cordis, which might be unprecedented in Hamlin&#8217;s situation.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Commotio cordis most commonly results from an impact to the left chest with a hardball (e.g., a baseball) during sports activity,&#8221; according to the healthcare exam prep company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/books\/NBK526014\/\">StatPearls<\/a>. It said the condition is reported fewer than 30 times a year, mostly in young athletes playing sports, with &#8220;very few&#8221; cases older than age 20.<\/p>\n<p>A 2013 review in the <a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/23477766\/\">American Journal of Sports Medicine<\/a> found just 7 cases of commotio cordis among 243 high school and college football fatalities reported to the National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research from 1990 to 2010.<\/p>\n<p>Those who quickly diagnosed Hamlin from afar include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/damar-hamlin-buffalo-bills-condition-injury-cardiac-arrest\/\">CBS News medical contributor David Agus<\/a>, who had no football example of it at any age, and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JReinerMD\/status\/1610102076092071937\">CNN medical analyst Jonathan Reiner<\/a>, who shamed &#8220;antivaxxers&#8221; for speculating that a vaccine caused the collapse.<\/p>\n<p>While Just the News couldn&#8217;t find any information about Hamlin&#8217;s vaccination status, and the NFL never had a player mandate, the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/coronavirus-pandemic-nfl-business-sports-health-62d42bf438a0dc394cfae434e6540dbc\">league claimed in March<\/a> that 95% of players were vaccinated.<\/p>\n<p>Post-vaccination myocarditis is <a href=\"https:\/\/justthenews.com\/government\/federal-agencies\/cdc-walks-back-covid-guidance-again-finds-lasting-post-vaccine-heart\">disproportionately associated with young men and can have long-term effects<\/a>, as the CDC recently acknowledged, contrary to the condition&#8217;s frequent portrayal as &#8220;mild&#8221; and temporary.<\/p>\n<p>In a case series for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC8185879\/\">European Society of Cardiology&#8217;s journal<\/a> in 2021, French cardiologists said they had done the first review of the &#8220;impact of direct chest trauma in at-risk sports or activities in patients with a history of myocarditis.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>They studied &#8220;two cases of life-threatening ventricular arrhythmia secondary to non-penetrating blunt chest trauma&#8221; during rugby matches.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A 26-year-old with a &#8220;history of viral myocarditis 10 years prior&#8221; lost consciousness after a &#8220;typical intensity&#8221; hit and suffered &#8220;rapid and regular palpitations.&#8221; He required a &#8220;subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillator.&#8221;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>A 22-year-old with &#8220;no known notable history&#8221; died after a direct chest hit. &#8220;An autopsy identified a myocardial sequela of fibrosis with no acute inflammatory remodelling compatible with a previous myocarditis,&#8221; the researchers wrote, recommending screening and prevention to reduce the risk in contact-sports athletes.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.utphysicians.com\/what-to-know-about-sudden-cardiac-arrest-in-young-athletes\/\">Tuesday article from UT Health Houston<\/a> on sudden cardiac arrest in young athletes, Houston Rockets&#8217; team cardiologist John Higgins said the &#8220;mechanical energy&#8221; from the helmet hit to Hamlin&#8217;s chest &#8220;disrupts the heart&#8217;s electrical impulses and causes commotio cordis,&#8221; no different from &#8220;an object like a baseball or hockey puck.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>UT Health Houston quickly responded to a Just the News query but did not answer whether Higgins was confirming the diagnosis or just explaining the mechanism by which it could happen.<\/p>\n<p>On this week&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=03l0HcSSbTE\">&#8220;Talking With Docs&#8221; YouTube program<\/a>, Canadian cardiologist Mike Heffernan said commotio cordis was &#8220;most likely&#8221; due to a &#8220;perfect storm&#8221; of conditions on the field but said he&#8217;s only aware of hockey and baseball examples.<\/p>\n<div class=\"align-center\">\n[embedded content]\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Interventional cardiologist <a href=\"https:\/\/sanjayverma-66740.medium.com\/cardiac-arrest-and-sudden-cardiac-death-in-athletes-9c93a6c47bf6\">Sanjay Verma gave a lengthy explanation<\/a>\u00a0why he believes with &#8220;100% scientific and clinical confidence&#8221; that&#8217;s the wrong diagnosis for Hamlin&#8217;s hit and what followed at the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;In football, Commotio Cordis is documented <em>with helmet to left chest<\/em>, not with shoulder pads to chest,&#8221; he wrote. &#8220;Shoulder pads are well designed to <em>absorb<\/em> the shock of the shoulder&#8217;s force onto the opposing player.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The American Medical Association&#8217;s chief science and medical officer also expressed skepticism of commotio cordis in a <a href=\"http:\/\/utm_source\">MedPage Today video<\/a>.\u00a0Mariell Jessup said the condition was not only &#8220;very unusual&#8221; but primarily associated with &#8220;trauma to the chest with a ball&#8221; in male adolescents whose &#8220;chests haven&#8217;t developed as much.&#8221; She suspects &#8220;underlying, unsuspected cardiomyopathy&#8221; in Hamlin, possibly inherited.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medpagetoday.com\/special-reports\/exclusives\/102605\">Cardiologists told MedPage Today<\/a>\u00a0that commotio cordis should be the diagnosis of last resort. It would be &#8220;dangerous&#8221; to fixate on that diagnosis and &#8220;miss something else that might be able to recur and cause another cardiac arrest,&#8221; University of California San Francisco cardiac electrophysiologist Zian Tseng said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A cold forced a middle-aged cable news reporter, a vegetarian, yoga-practicing and non-smoker, to run seven miles. &#8220;three to four times a week&#8221; to the hospital with heart inflammation \u2014 twice \u2014 for several days each. 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