God has other plans for me 💯‼️ #WeAre @coachjfranklin pic.twitter.com/Oa9Rkk15ex— Nana Asiedu (@BigNana_) June 28, 2018
If anyone remembers a bit back when the UM football player passed away and I posted about screenings for heart conditions in athletes - this is exactly why they are important.
Kudos to Penn state for catching this before the young man risked his life.
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Damn, that's got to be tough to find out but thank god they found his HCM before it threatened his life. Often times for athletes it's discovered too late.
How and when are these screenings done? I should probably grab one myself.
I would just talk with your physician next time you are there. In most cases if you aren't symptomatic or have risk factors they wont screen you. Its mostly just important in athletes because it is the number one killer of young athletes and is 100% preventable.
In the average person even if they workout regularly it wont really cause a problem until later and you would have symptoms by then. (not to say there aren't exceptions)
Wow. He seems to be taking it well. Better than I would having a dream be so close and have it taken away like that. I'm sure he's scared too, what the heck is hypertrophic cardiomyopathy?
Google is your friend, but essentially the heart wall thickens, making blood-pumping less efficient and can undergo structural changes that make arrhythmias more likely and can lead to sudden cardiac death.
Yep, thats exactly right. Its generally starts as a genetic condition that in normal people does not usually cause problems (it can but less often, but it may never even be known).
Athletes (especially OL/DL and larger athletes) because their weight and intense exercise causes excess strain on their heart during pumping and it makes the problem significantly worse.