Teen who had heart attack after vaccine dose to receive $225,000

[The_King]

SINGAPORE — The 16-year-old teenager who suffered a heart attack six days after receiving his first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech/Comirnaty COVID-19 vaccine will be eligible for a one-time financial assistance of $225,000.

This will be provided under Singapore's Vaccine Injury Financial Assistance Programme (VIFAP), said the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Monday (16 August) in a press statement.

It added that medical investigations have found that the youth had developed acute severe myocarditis which led to the out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

"The myocarditis was likely a serious adverse event arising from the COVID-19 vaccine he received, which might have been aggravated by his strenuous lifting of weights and his high consumption of caffeine through energy drinks and supplements," it said.

The teenager is currently "recovering steadily" and undergoing inpatient rehabilitation, the MOH added. 

"He is making good progress and can perform his activities of daily living without assistance," it noted adding that the teenager will likely be discharged in the coming weeks. However, he will also likely require outpatient rehabilitation for some time before he can return to school and resume other activities.

The medical team will continue his treatment and monitor his condition, said the MOH.

"The independent clinical panel appointed to assess and adjudicate the VIFAP application found that while he has made good improvement, because his condition was severe and critical, he will require treatment and rehabilitation for some time yet to continue his recovery," added the ministry.

Based on ongoing pharmacovigilance monitoring by the Health Sciences Authority (HSA), while there is a small increased risk of myocarditis or pericarditis following the administration of the COVID-19 vaccines, the local incidence rate remains low at 0.48 per 100,000 doses administered.

The majority have responded well to treatment and have recovered or been discharged well from the hospital, said the MOH.

Avoid strenuous activity for one week after each dose

It reiterated that all vaccine recipients, especially adolescents and younger men, should avoid strenuous physical activity for one week following each of their first and second doses of the vaccine. 

Individuals should also seek medical attention promptly if they develop chest pain, shortness of breath or abnormal heartbeats. Individuals who developed myocarditis from their first dose of the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines should also not receive further doses of it.

"Vaccination using the Pandemic Special Access Route (PSAR)-authorised mRNA COVID-19 vaccines deployed in our National Vaccination Programme (NVP) thus continues to be recommended for all eligible persons, including adolescents and younger men, as the protective benefits from the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines continue to outweigh the risks of vaccination," said the MOH.

The ministry added that it, along with the expert committee on COVID-19 vaccination and the HSA, will "continue to monitor vaccine-related serious adverse events closely".

 

 

 

 

[The_King]

FYI.

 

The heart is unable to regenerate heart muscle after a heart attack and lost cardiac muscle is replaced by scar tissue. Scar tissue does not contribute to cardiac contractile force and the remaining viable cardiac muscle is thus subject to a greater hemodynamic burden.

 

https://www.uclahealth.org/heart/cardiac-repair-regeneration

 

 

 

Is my heart permanently damaged?

When a heart attack occurs, the heart muscle that has lost blood supply begins to suffer injury. The amount of damage to the heart muscle depends on the size of the area supplied by the blocked artery and the time between injury and treatment.

Heart muscle damaged by a heart attack heals by forming scar tissue. It usually takes several weeks for your heart muscle to heal. The length of time depends on the extent of your injury and your own rate of healing.

The heart is a very tough organ. Even though a part of it may have been severely injured, the rest of the heart keeps working. But, because of the damage, your heart may be weakened, and unable to pump as much blood as usual.

With proper treatment and lifestyle changes after a heart attack, further damage can be limited or prevented.

 

 

Will I recover from my heart attack?

The answer is most likely yes.

The heart muscle begins to heal soon after a heart attack. It usually takes about eight weeks to heal.

Scar tissue may form in the damaged area, and that scar tissue does not contract or pump as well as healthy muscle tissue. As a consequence, the extent of damage to the heart muscle can impact how well the heart pumps blood throughout the body.

How much pumping function is lost depends on the size and location of the scar tissue. Most heart attack survivors have some degree of coronary artery disease (CAD) and will have to make important lifestyle changes and possibly take medication to prevent a future heart attack. Taking these steps can help you lead a full, productive life.

 

https://www.heart.org/en/health-topics/heart-attack/about-heart-attacks

 

 

 

my fav sties of all

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5227105/

 

After cell death, there is very little self-regeneration of the cardiac muscle tissue, which is replaced by non-contractile connective tissue, thus weakening the ability of the heart muscle to contract fully and leading to heart failure.

 

 

 

[socrates469bc]

and i was abt to say that most likely the young boy will have serious cardio problems later on in life, especially if it is induced means most likely there will be undetected hidden damage as well.

 

nb, i dont think the one-off compensation will be enough to pay for the medical bills in his coming yrs.

 

thats why no insurance companies r willing to take on the insurance risks after 3mths since most complications arose after 3mths and note, these insurance companies use the name fund to avoid any legal and financial complications thereafter. 

 

 https://www.greateasternlife.com/sg/en/personal-insurance/our-promotions-and-events/2021/covid19-coverage.html

 

Coverage will be valid for three months from the first dose of any COVID-19 vaccine approved by the Singapore Health Sciences Authority

 

thats the reason why all zheng hus, even tiongland, dont implement a compulsory vaccination program becos of the legal and financial complications.

 

https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/10/20/who-pays-compensation-if-a-covid19-vaccine-has-rare-side-effects.html

[The_King]

15 minutes ago, socrates469bc said:

and i was abt to say that most likely the young boy will have serious cardio problems later on in life, especially if it is induced means most likely there will be undetected hidden damage as well.

 

nb, i dont think the one-off compensation will be enough to pay for the medical bills in his coming yrs.

 

thats why no insurance companies r willing to take on the insurance risks after 3mths since most complications arose after 3mths and note, these insurance companies use the name fund to avoid any legal and financial complications thereafter. 

 

 https://www.greateasternlife.com/sg/en/personal-insurance/our-promotions-and-events/2021/covid19-coverage.html

 

Coverage will be valid for three months from the first dose of any COVID-19 vaccine approved by the Singapore Health Sciences Authority

 

thats the reason why all zheng hus, even tiongland, dont implement a compulsory vaccination program becos of the legal and financial complications.

 

https://www.sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2020/10/20/who-pays-compensation-if-a-covid19-vaccine-has-rare-side-effects.html

he will need to take care of his heart for life. should take thing easy and eat food good for the heart from now on

 

at 16 it very hard

 

 

Edited August 16, 2021 by The_King