The adult patients with congenital heart disease They are always at greater risk of contracting respiratory diseases, such as Covid-19. In this sense, Dr. Monica Rosarioa cardiologist, said that elderly patients with congenital heart disease should be vaccinated.
Dr. Rosario, an expert in congenital heart disease, stated that there are still no studies on adverse factors.
“For decades, the effects of vaccination on society and its positive impact on health have been studied, especially those who are most vulnerable, therefore, it is not unreasonable to understand that patients with congenital heart disease are a highly benefited group to receive immunizations,” he says.
In his opinion, vaccination can save the life of heart disease patients, however, should receive risk stratification prior to being immunized. Ensures that additional vaccines should be included outside the usual scheme of the EPI (Expanded Program on Immunization), since otherwise it could be life-threatening, while a bad strategy can have effects, said the health professional.
The vaccines save lives, has established science, but the population requires education about it. Protection is warranted in patients with heart disease.
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other vaccines
The cardiologist said that It’s not just about covid-19since there are other infections, stationary and opportunistic, that can be prevented by vaccination, such as influenza viruses.
These diseases can have catastrophic effects in patients with compromised pulmonary circulation and in those who present immune deficitsas well as pneumococcus in those with alterations in the spleen (complex syndromes such as heterotaxia) and in those with single ventricles.
He indicated that for this reason emphasis should be placed on vaccination against encapsulated germs and particularly at this time, when the influenza virus and other high-incidence respiratory viruses develop. The cardiologist said that there are specific situations where You should delay vaccination.
Vaccination posts where immunization against Covid-19 are still active. The State also has vaccines against cholera, a fecal-oral disease that has caused more than 60 people to become ill and have had to be admitted to centers in vulnerable areas.
