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Originally posted by BiggerPicture
so why has the number of athletss getting heartattacks TRIPLED in less than most recent 2 years?
A cohort of 2,128 patients was identified. The median length of follow-up was 10.2 years. The incidence of MI in the study cohort was comparable to that in an age-matched general population of women in Ontario. There were 70 coronary events among 56 patients after breast irradiation. According to MONICA criteria, 53 and six events were characterized as definite and possible MIs, respectively. Eleven events did not satisfy MONICA criteria for MI. Twenty-six patients treated for left-sided and 23 patients treated for right-sided breast cancer experienced at least one definite or possible MI (log-rank test, P = .66). There were eight fatal MIs among the left-sided group and six among the right-sided group. There was no excess of other cardiac diseases among patients who received left-sided radiotherapy compared to the right-sided group.
A seemingly healthy young athlete, a student in the prime of his life with a prime body to prove it, drops suddenly to the basketball court floorboards. He's dead of a heart attack. Researchers across the globe are working to find out why this happens to one in every 200,000 athletes.
Mark Anshel, an expert in health and human performance and a professor at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, said there's probably not one cause, but many.
"We certainly are hearing more about this than we used to," Anshel acknowledged. "It's similar to discovering that ongoing use of anabolic steroids has strong links to various types of cancer. That only takes repeated experience and the accumulation of anecdotal evidence to finally look at cause and effect."
Late last year, researchers at Ohio State University announced a new study on heart disease in athletes, with a goal to gather cardiac data and perhaps identify preexisting conditions that might prompt myocardial infarction. Ohio State athletes will be the study's initial subjects.
According to the American Heart Association, hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is the leading cause of sudden death in athletes. In this condition, the muscle mass of the left ventricle enlarges or "hypertrophies." Most common in young adults, the problem is hereditary in more than half the cases.
Anshel said a viral infection may also cause cardiomyopathy, leaving anyone vulnerable. "A virus is a virus. That's why it's so important for any person, athlete or nonathlete, to not engage in vigorous exercise when they have a virus such as the flu or a respiratory cold. That can actually induce cardiomyopathy," he said.
Are athletes today pushing themselves harder or even pushing themselves beyond reasonable limits? "Yes, kids do seem to be pushing themselves more than ever before to get a competitive edge, using nutrition and exercise and even equipment advances to simply perform at higher levels," Anshel said. "But the other thing that's going on is the intake of substances, and many of those substances have unknown, long-term effects. One of these effects may be contributing to various forms of heart disease, whether it's attacking the pericardium or heart valves. There are a lot of unknowns about prolonged use of various substances that athletes are known to be taking."
Anshel has another worry – that athletes don't drink enough water and other fluids. "There are a number of heat-related diseases that may lead to heart failure as well," he said. "To engage in vigorous training, you really have to have a lot of fluid and be relatively healthy, as well as have a strong immune system." Serious fatigue may be a first warning sign of dangerous dehydration, he added, and athletes may ignore it.
In fact, Anshel said, athletes often don't listen when their bodies signal a problem. "Many athletes, especially the successful ones, are mentally tough. They take control of their lives, they toughen out pain and go beyond limits," he said. "The good news is they train hard and are in very good shape, close to what is called their optimal performance. The bad news is they tend to ignore symptoms they should not be ignoring and can get themselves in big trouble for that."
so why has the number of athletss getting heartattacks TRIPLED in less than most recent 2 years?
race horse death also on rice - common denominator appears to be promptly following hyperventilation - increased intake of air.
Originally posted by amongus
Why was the OP banned? He had several good threads, sorry to see him go.
Super Mod "Don't Tread on Me" advised to post this here and it will be moved to appropriate forum.
Originally posted by BiggerPicture
is OP an ATS terrorist?
i mean beside the Profiling based elaborate story that is so cliche -mideasters buying guns and certain parts of the story dont add up,
how was the OP able to create a non-intro Thread with fewer than 20 posts? i thought they are deleted, not moved if OP is less than 20 a.t.o.p.?