Question
Can a cold with fever lead to myocarditis?
Answer
After a cold, the body’s resistance decreases, giving viruses an opportunity to attack the myocardium, resulting in viral myocarditis. Myocarditis is an inflammatory change in myocardial cells caused by various viruses or bacteria, leading to swelling or deformation of myocardial cells and causing damage to myocardial cells. It is generally believed that myocarditis caused by viruses is relatively common, while myocarditis caused by other factors such as bacteria is less common.