Twelve students suffer a rare muscle injury after lacrosse training. In the worst case scenario, this can even be life-threatening.
Medford – A curious case is currently causing a stir in the USA caused a stir. Twelve students from Tufts University in Massachusetts suffered a rare muscle injury during lacrosse training. This raises many questions.
Students suffer life-threatening muscle injury after 45-minute workout
The students completed a 45-minute workout during training on Monday (September 16), led by a university graduate who had Navy SEAL training. However, 12 men were subsequently diagnosed with rhabdomyolysis, the news agency reported. AP.
This is the breakdown of muscle fibers, according to the online portal of the Federal Ministry of Health healthy.bund.dePossible causes may include muscle bruising, extreme sports or taking medication.
These symptoms indicate rhabdomyolysis:
- Muscle pain
- Muscle weakness
- reddish-brown urine
- General feeling of illness
- Fever
- Abdominal pain, nausea and vomiting
However, life-threatening complications can also occur. The protein myoglobin, which enters the blood as a result of muscle breakdown, can block renal tubules and damage kidney cells. This can lead to acute kidney failure. Five warning signs may indicate that the kidneys no longer function properly. In extreme cases, other organs such as the lungs and liver are also damaged and there is a risk of multi-organ failure. According to healthy.bund.de However, it can be brought under control again through treatment in hospital.
Students in hospital after 45-minute workout – “may have organ damage”
According to a spokesman for the private university, five students were still in hospital on Friday (September 20). “Our thoughts are with the players and their families, and we hope that they will recover quickly under the care of local medical experts,” spokesman Patrick Collins told the news agency.
However, he pointed out that both the number of confirmed cases and the number of those hospitalized could still change. “In the meantime, we are closely monitoring the condition of the rest of the team and have postponed all of the team’s training activities,” added Collins. Meanwhile, footballers are threatened Marc-André ter Stegen out for eight months after serious injury.
The circumstances that led to the injuries to the men’s team are still unclear. According to the newspaper The Boston Globe Head coach Casey D’Annolfo was reportedly absent from training. Kidney expert Dr. David Leaf at Brigham and Women’s Hospital also expressed concern to the newspaper that some players are still in the hospital. “Some of them may have organ damage,” said Leaf. The university has meanwhile commissioned an external expert to investigate the case. (kas)
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