COVID Heart

The conferences have safety concerns because of COVID-19.

There is so much scientists and doctors don't know about covid19.

And, so much that is being learned everyday.

It is where blank spaces fall that continues to worry administrators at a college level.

This week the big ten and pac-12 postponed their football seasons.

The conferences have safety concerns because of covid-19... and a heart condition related to the virus called my-o- car-ditis our quentin smith speaks with a starkville man who recently received this diagnosis.

He joins us in the studio to tell us more about what this means.

Aundrea..

Espn reports my-o-car- ditis has been found in at least five big ten conference athletes... along with athletes in other conferences ... it's becoming a big concern in whether athletes should play this fall... i spoke with a starkville man battling this condition.... after the toll its taken on his body... he believes delaying the start of the season is the right thing to do... kicked back in his recliner watching television... this has become the new normal for decarlous hill... " i can't do an walking, can't do any lifting, i can't move anything around, nothing but picking up a remote to the tv and just relaxing myself."

This is his daily routine after he was diagnosed with myocarditis... a rare heart condition... "i was in shoc because all of my life whenever i go to the doctor, i've never had a heart problem, and being that i'm young and them saying my heart is only functioning at 25%, it was a shocker to me."

Myocarditis is inflammation of the heart muscle..

And is caused by a viral infection... such as covid-19... "after i overcam corona, i thought i was doing good.

I was going to work every day and doing what i need to do around the house, just a normal day, then july 22nd changed everything."

That's when he found out just what he was dealing with.

Hill says the aftereffects of the coronavirus have taken a toll on his body.

He now as to wear this life vest for three months until his heart is back functioning normally.

" if my heart goe lower than what it needs to be, if it's not functioning right, it'll shock me and lay me out, then we will have to get me rushed to the emergency room."

The condition is now raising concerns for athletic conferences after reports of some being diagnosed... the big ten and pac-12 have postponed their football seasons this fall ... a decision hill agrees with.

A decision he believes will save lives and bring more attention to this condition.

"it's real, i am living testimony it is real to the ones they do have it, continue doing whatever the doctors are having you do, and just take it a day at a time."

Along with being monitored with his life jacket.... hill is also on a low sodium... no salt diet to help treat this condition.

Within the next three months..

If his heart is back functioning normally again, which is in the 50 to 55 percent range..

He'll no longer have to wear his life vest.

To find out more about myocarditis just visit our website at wcbi dot com..