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Footballers collapsing on the pitch

valenciagill said:
You will need to use translate , but here is a relevant article.

https://www.berliner-zeitung.de/news/raetselhafte-herzerkrankungen-im-fussball-li.193554
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(obviously copy and pasted through a translator)

Mysterious heart disease in football

An unusually large number of professional and amateur football players have recently collapsed.

Berlin - Professional player Sergio Agüero of FC Barcelona will be out for at least three months. The 33-year-old had been substituted in the match against Deportivo Alavés with breathing problems. He had grabbed his chest and was taken to a hospital. Because of heart problems, he is now treated by the cardiologist. At the European Championships, the player Christian Eriksen collapsed in front of running cameras. Diagnosis: cardiac arrest. Eriksen survived. The two professionals are just two examples of many footballers who have to struggle with sometimes life-threatening heart problems.

DFB doctor Tim Meyer said after the collapse of Eriksen: "Even the best screening examination is not perfect, so such things can still happen. That's why there is the second line of prevention and that is the presence of emergency doctors on the sidelines."

However, this system cannot avoid all life-threatening or even fatal cases. Again and again there are emergency situations in recent weeks and months:

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The German Heart Foundation states: "Depending on the study, there are between 0.7 and 3.0 deaths per 100,000 sports enthusiasts per year." According to the experts, men are affected more often than women: "According to data from the German Register of Sudden Cardiac Death Register (SCD Germany), 96% of the affected athletes are men," according to the foundation. As for the causes, it is said that sudden cardiac death during sports has "different triggers".

Causes differ depending on the age of those affected

The causes differ depending on the age of those affected. "In people under the age of 35, diseases of the heart muscle, heart valves, aorta and coronary arteries are among the possible triggers. Changes in the genetic material can, for example, lead to thickening of the muscles of the left ventricle (hypertrophic cardiomyopathy). Diseases especially of the right ventricle (arrhythmogenic (right ventricular) cardiomyopathy) can also be the cause of sudden cardiac death," according to the Heart Foundation.

In people over 35, on the other hand, "coronary heart disease" is the most common cause of sudden cardiac death, at about 80 percent. Coronary arteries narrow further and further due to deposits (plaques) of cholesterol, connective tissue and lime. If these plaques rupture, blood clots sometimes form, and the blood vessel is completely closed." It comes to a heart attack, which "can be associated with life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias".

Regardless of age, inflammation of the heart muscle (myocarditis) is another risk factor. "It can already occur in the course of banal virus infections, even without causing discomfort," says the German Heart Foundation. "However, these inflammatory changes can lead to life-threatening cardiac arrhythmias."
 
There are those who point out that the apparent increase in heart related incidents in sport happens to coincide with the recent mass vaccine push and this "is there a link?" is fueled by article in the likes of The Wall Street Journal who reports that the CDC says there is "likely assocation" between mRNA vaccines and various heart conditions.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/cdc-ad...ccines-and-rare-myocarditis-cases-11624479115

https://www.precisionvaccinations.c...-19-vaccine-heart-inflammation-risk-confirmed

https://www.news.com.au/technology/...a/news-story/342806323e802035bb1d810e561977f4 (you'll need to scroll down close to the bottom to read about the impact on the heart)

Of course, the accepted wisdom is that the benefits way outweigh the risks.

If there is a genuine link, I am guessing that sports who are pushing to the max are more likely to be rolling the dice.
 
Football is far more intense physically, players are conditioned to the max and many have some fairly extreme diets to gain percentages. They are being taken to the edge and then they let it all hang out when they get a chance.

After the war several players died on the pitch due to being underprepared and over competitive. Aguero has had covid, which may or may not have exacerbated any underlying issue.

We do know that the extreme right are using covid and anti vax conspiracies to further their cause.

https://twohalves.substack.com/p/sergio-aguero-and-another-covid-19
 
jogills said:
And within that report is the statistic of 1 in 260 players having an undiagnosed heart problem, which has lead to experts predicting deaths if the issue is not addressed. Rather detracts from any unscientific ideas concerning vaccines.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/f...rs-die-clubs-dont-perform-test-available.html
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Reminds of the massive story back in the day of Asa Harford, of hole-in-the-heart fame that scuppered a big money transfer iirc. A huge story that was extremely unusual back then.
 
Trevor Sinclair was on talksport, discussing this subject live.
When he dared to ask whether the player (John Fleck) had been vaccinated , talksport cut the feed !

How naughty of him , asking a simple question !

Perhaps Sinclair is an example of one of Jo's 'extreme right' ?
 
It’s what we would have called back when I played as having a bit of a funny turn.
Usually and drink and a fag sorted it out
Obviously it’s taken much more seriously these days and rightly so.
 
valenciagill said:
Trevor Sinclair was on talksport, discussing this subject live.
When he dared to ask whether the player (John Fleck) had been vaccinated , talksport cut the feed !

How naughty of him , asking a simple question !

Perhaps Sinclair is an example of one of Jo's 'extreme right' ?
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John Fleck has not been vaccinated either, but he has had covid. That's all I need in my investigation lol
 
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