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Another weekend, due to fever, chest pain and shortness of breath, the teenager was forced to seek medical help, according to kaunodiena.lt.
The portal tv3.lt of the Kaunas Clinic confirmed that the patient went to the Emergency Department of the Kaunas Clinics on June 28 due to fever and chest pain.
“According to the initial examinations, pericarditis (inflammation of the heart sac) was diagnosed in a 16-year-old boy, for which the adolescent was hospitalized in the Pediatric Clinic. At the moment, the patient’s condition is good, so that in the near future he will be discharged for further follow-up ”, says the medical institution.
Investigating the relationship with the vaccine
The patient was reported to have received a second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on June 25, but the hospital has so far been unable to confirm or rule out a link between the vaccination and the patient’s illness (pericarditis).
“Comprehensive patient research is still ongoing. If the link between the vaccine and the disease is proven, the State Agency for Drug Control (VVKT) will be informed immediately, ”the clinics said in the response.
According to the representative of IVT, Aistė Tautvydienė, so far only one report has been received about a suspected adverse reaction experienced by a teenager.
“She was easy,” he added.
Pediatric Cardiologist: The condition is not life-threatening.
According to Aušra Šnipaitienė, a pediatric cardiologist and pediatric rheumatologist at the Kaunas Clinics, pericarditis is generally not life-threatening, and its course and severity depend on the amount of fluid accumulated around the heart.
“The condition is often asymptomatic. In Europe, the disease affects between 1 and 10 of every 100,000 people per year, while in children this pathology is detected very rarely (according to the American College of Cardiology, pericarditis is detected in only about 0.2% of healthy children who go to the emergency room for chest pain). According to scientific literature, this condition usually occurs in adolescent boys “, explained the specialist.
According to the doctor, this disease affects different patients differently, and treatment tactics are individual.
“In children, the disease usually goes away on its own in 2 to 4 weeks, with rest, pain relievers (if they hurt), and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (such as ibuprofen).
“Sometimes, even after extensive investigation, the cause of pericarditis remains unclear. In children, the condition usually occurs after heart surgery, as well as in various infectious diseases (bacterial or viral, such as COVID-19), after injury or injury to the chest, and in systemic diseases. There is data that heart damage was detected in children even after developing COVID-19 due to multisystem inflammatory response syndrome, ”noted A. Šnipaitienė.
Cases of myocarditis and pericarditis are investigated after vaccination
The specialist also recalled that the Pharmacovigilance Risk Assessment Committee (PRAC) of the European Medicines Agency (EVA) has been recording and investigating information on cases of myocarditis and pericarditis after vaccination against the SARS-CoV2 virus since April 2021.
The first reports appeared in Israel after vaccination with Comirnaty, as well as in the United States, where around 3.3 million people are currently vaccinated. doses in adolescents 12-15 years of age and about 20 million. dosage for people 16 to 25 years old.
“Most of these illnesses were mild and people recovered within days. Inflammatory reactions of the heart tissue were mainly experienced in men under 30 years of age, and symptoms generally appeared a few days after vaccination with the second dose of Comirnaty. At least for now, there are no recommendations not to vaccinate with the second dose of the vaccine, “said the doctor.
Adolescents aged 12 to 15 are vaccinated in Lithuania as of June 14 and by the European Medicines Agency on May 31. after permission to do so. People under 18 years of age. can only be administered with Comirnaty.
The portal tv3.lt recalls that the vaccination cardiologist reminded visitors that the probability of dying from thrombosis is sometimes higher than after vaccination.
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