@ctviggen (Bob M) posted a new topic, subject "Covid-19 taking its toll on athletes via myocarditis". It read:

   Red Sox pitcher:
    
    BostonGlobe.com
    
    ### Red Sox pitcher Eduardo Rodriguez has myocarditis, but says he won't opt out...
    
    Rodriguez has been shut down from doing all baseball activities and will be reassessed Friday.
    
    Big 10 Athletes:
    
    https://sports.yahoo.com/report-at-least-five-big-ten-athletes-found-to-have-heart-inflammation-potentially-caused-by-viral-infections-224809885.html
    
    Power 5 players:
    
    ESPN.com
    
    ### Heart issue linked to virus drives Power 5 concern
    
    A rare heart condition that could be linked to COVID-19 has been found in several athletes in the Big Ten and other Power 5 conferences.
    
    Georgia State QB:
    
    ESPN.com
    
    ### Ga. State QB has COVID-related heart condition
    
    Georgia State freshman QB Mikele Colasurdo, who arrived on campus in the spring, won't play this season after being diagnosed with a heart condition related to contracting COVID-19.
    
    Not what you want to play sports. I hope they recover.

@Polly1 (Polly) replied

    Worrying turn of events. I hope they fully recover too.

Then @anon81060937 said

    > **Findings** In this cohort study including 100 patients recently recovered from COVID-19 identified from a COVID-19 test center, cardiac magnetic resonance imaging revealed cardiac involvement in 78 patients (78%) and ongoing myocardial inflammation in 60 patients (60%), which was independent of preexisting conditions, severity and overall course of the acute illness, and the time from the original diagnosis.  
    >  https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamacardiology/fullarticle/2768916

So @DodgeBoys (Art) replied

    That jamanetwork link won't load completely for me. Same study: https://www.cidrap.umn.edu/news-perspective/2020/07/research-reveals-heart-complications-covid-19-patients
    
    There will no doubt be bigger studies later on, but it's not really encouraging.
    
    _Seventy-eight_ (of 100) _coronavirus patients had abnormal CMR findings, including 73 with raised myocardial native T1, 60 with raised myocardial native T2, 32 with myocardial late gadolinium enhancement, and 22 with pericardial enhancement, all signs of heart damage._

So @EZB (Ethan) replied

    Yes and for those of us with other heart conditions, this could be deadly

To which @ctviggen (Bob M) replied

    Whoa, it's way worse than I thought (note that some were asymptomatic and still had myocarditis!!)
    
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    centredaily
    
    ### PSU football doctor: 30-35 percent of COVID-19-positive Big Ten athletes had...
    
    New data helps illustrate what Big Ten Commissioner Kevin Warren might have meant when he described “too much medical uncertainty and too many unknown health risks” as reasons for postponing the Big Ten's 2020-21 fall sports season.

Then @ctviggen (Bob M) said

    Shoot…It appears that's an overstatement. They've retracted it, and I don't know exactly what the real number is.
    
    Sorry about that.

Then @anon81060937 said

    The serious heart failure symptoms of covid myocarditis are Iike delayed muscle onset soreness with blood clots. My symptoms didn't show up until later but I do wonder if I may be dealing with chronic myocarditis because my heart inflammation symptoms are up and down.

So @dlc96_darren replied

    


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