Is the vaccine safe for people with heart disease?
The answer is that all the vaccines have been shown to be safe in people with heart disease. So, I would urge you to take it because if you don’t, the chances of getting serious illness with COVID are very high in people with cardiovascular disease.
What do heart disease patients need to know before being vaccinated?
There is no indication that the vaccine will interfere with your medication even if you’re on blood thinners like Aspirin, Clopidogrel & Warfarin. The only concerns that heart disease patients might have is if you have a known allergy to any of the ingredients in the vaccines or if you’ve got an immune problem where you can’t mount an immune response. Even if you do, it doesn’t preclude you from getting the vaccine. In fact, you should still get it.
The point you need to understand here is if you don’t get the vaccine and later on you get COVID, you’re at a much higher risk of facing fatal consequences. Thus far, any scientific research or study hasn’t indicated any contraindications or alarming side effects in heart patients who received the vaccine. So, there’s absolutely no logical reason not to get it.
Final words?
I would urge all the individuals who’ve got heart conditions, diabetes, high blood pressure, or any chronic disease to consider having the vaccine because as I mentioned earlier if your immune system is not strong enough to fight the COVID virus on top of your weakened health conditions, your chances of getting serious illness are very much higher than somebody who doesn’t have such conditions, particularly if you’ve got heart function that’s not as good as normal. So, these are exactly the sort of people who should be very much pushing themselves to the front of the queue in getting the vaccine.
If you’re still wondering what’s the best vaccine for you, it’s the one you can get the soonest!