COVID-19 could have impact on heart

A Kansas City woman says she's one of the lucky ones after testing positive for the coronavirus during a bachelorette party in Florida.

THERE ARE SOME STUDIES OUTTHERE NOW SUGGESTING PEOPLE CANSUGGESTING PEOPLE CAN SUFFERLONG TERM EFFECTS OF HEARTDAMAGE AFTER COVID.

WPTVNEWSCHANNEL FIVETALKED WITH AN AREA HEARTDOCTOR WHO SAYS THEYTHIS FIRST HAND AND EXPLAINEDWHY IT SHOULD SERVE AS AREMINDER TO YOU TO TAKE COVIDSERIOUSLY.1:02 ICOUGHING THE SHORTNESS OFBREATH, ITTODAY.

DESPITE LINGERINGSYMPTOMS, 23-YEAR-OLD LANEYBROWN FROM KANSAS CITY CALLSHERSELF ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES.SHE TESTED POSITIVE FORCOVID-19 IN LATE JUNE AFTER ATRIP TO FLORIDA.

:20 I HAD ABACHELORETTE PARTY PLANNED INFLORIDA, SO I WENT TO THAT.PROBABLY THE SECOND DAY I WASTHERE, I WOKE UP, WAS HAVINGSYMPTOMS. LOST ALL TASTE ANDSMELL.

SHE NOW REGRETS THATTRIP.

4:44 PEOPLE AREPARTYING, GOING OUT TO BARS,NOT REALLY TAKING IT SERIOUSLYAND CONSIDERS POSSIBLE ISSUESDOWN STREAM.

IF NOT FOR HER,THEN FOR OTHER COVIDSURVIVORS.

3:14 IT DEFINITELYIS A POSSIBILITY SOME THINGSCOULD GO WRONG FROM HAVINGCOVID I THINK.

DR. DAVIDCOVID I THINK.

DR. DAVIDNWEISMAN (WICE-MAN)ELISMAN (WICE-MAN)ELECMAN (WICE-MAN)ELECTRN (WICE-MAN)ELECTROP(WICE-MAN)ELECTROPHYICE-MAN)ELECTROPHYSIE-MAN)ELECTROPHYSIOLMAN)ELECTROPHYSIOLOGN)ELECTROPHYSIOLOGISELECTROPHYSIOLOGISTELECTROPHYSIOLOGIST ATELECTROPHYSIOLOGIST AT GELECTROPHYSIOLOGIST AT GOOELECTROPHYSIOLOGIST AT GOODELECAYOPHYSIOLOGIST AT GOODSAMARITAN MEDICAL CENTERELECAYSPHYSIOLOGIST AT GOODTHEYRITAN MEDICAL CENTERPATIENTS WHO HAVE DEVELOPEDCARDIAC RELATED SYMPTOMSPOST-COVID.

4:34 THE REALDAMAGE WE ARE SEEING FROMCOVID IS THIS DOWNSTREAMSUPER, HYPER INFLAMMATORYRESPONSE THATTO: 1:52 EVEN IF YOU ARE YOUNGAND HEALTHY, WESEEN PATIENTS WHO HAVEDEVELOPED THESE LONG TERMPROBLEMS. HEART CONDITIONSAMONG THE SECONDARY LONG TERM,LASTING HEALTH EFFECTS FROMTHE DISEASE.

2:28 ITSOMETHING THAT WE CLEARLYUNDERSTAND BUT THERE IS APRECEDENCE FOR THIS WITH OTHERVIRUSES, MANY OF THEM BEINGRESPIRATORY ISSUES, CAUSINGTHESE DOWNSTREAM EFFECTS.

HESAYS PATIENTS ARE WORRIEDABOUT THE ACUTE AND ENDING UPIN THE HOSPITAL, BUT NEED TOLOOK FURTHER DOWN THE ROAD ASWELL.

3:16 I DONEVERY INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS HADCOVID NECESSARILY NEEDS TO GOAND SEE THEIR CARDIOLOGIST TOMAKE SURE THEY ARE OK.

BUT IFYOUAND MONTHS LATER, YEAR LATER,YOU ARE HAVING SHORTNESS OFBREATH, DIZZINESS, FATIGUETHAT IS JUST UNEXPLAINED BYYOUR NORMAL ACTIVITIES, ITHINK THATLANEY SAYS HER STORY SHOULDSERVE AS A REMINDER TO OTHERYOUNG, HEALTHY ADULTS.

4:05NOT THAT I DIDNREAL, BUT I WAS DEFINITELYSKETCHED OUT, JUST BECAUSE NOONE I KNEW HAD IT.

TORYDUNNAN.

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