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1.94 m tall, 104 kg in weight, trained to the last fiber: Keyontae Johnson (21), a college basketball player at the University of Florida, looks in top form. In the next NBA draft, where the most hopeful talent will be divided among America’s professional teams, he has a good chance of being selected in Round 1.
All of this has been in jeopardy since last Saturday. Because suddenly Johnson is struggling to survive. In the game against North Florida, Johnson dunks into the opponent’s basket and claps. After the next waiting time, he shuffles back onto the parquet, ducks his head, trips, and suddenly crashes on the parquet.
He is unconscious in the middle of the field, the other players panicked and called the ambulance.
After a long hiatus in treatment, Johnson is taken to the hospital, where he is placed in an artificial coma. The suspicion: his corona disease, the talent tested positive for the virus in the summer, could have caused an inflammation of the heart muscle. This is reported by the AP agency.
The impact is profound. Please keep praying for Keyontae and his family. We all love him, ”the Florida White coach tweeted over the weekend.
The first good news followed later. “Keyontae’s condition is stable, he breathes independently and he can talk to us and the doctors. He even spoke to the team on FaceTime, ”his parents said in a statement released by the University of Gainesville. “We have experienced so much love and support and we are beyond grateful for the care and attention that Keyontae has received over the past few days.”
Risk of inflammation of the heart muscle
The connection to the Covid-19 disease is not yet confirmed in Johnson’s case, according to broadcaster ESPN. It is known that a corona infection can cause an inflammation of the heart muscle, called myocarditis. For example, the case of German ice hockey professional Janik Möser (25), who has been out for months, was recently made public.
Also in Switzerland, the danger is on the radar. In the Swiss Olympic “Back to Sport” guidelines, which the umbrella sport organization developed together with the sports medicine specialists “Sport & Exercise Medicine Switzerland” and the cardiology department of the Zurich University Hospital, myocarditis is one of the scenarios that elite athletes, who have tested positive for Covid-19 must be controlled. Depending on the clinical course, an athlete in Switzerland receives an absolute sports ban for up to six months with an inflammation of the heart muscle. (e.g)
