Posted on 07/25/2023 7:56:29 AM PDT by Red Badger
LeBron James’ son Bronny suffered cardiac arrest during a basketball workout at the University of Southern California Monday.
The 18-year-old athlete was taken to the hospital where he was treated in the intensive care unit (ICU) before being released to general care, a spokesperson for the James family told TMZ Tuesday.
“Yesterday while practicing Bronny James suffered a cardiac arrest. Medical staff was able to treat Bronny and take him to the hospital. He is now in stable condition and no longer in ICU,” the statement began.
“We ask for respect and privacy for the James family and we will update media when there is more information,” a statement from a spokesperson for the James family shared. Getty Images “We ask for respect and privacy for the James family and we will update media when there is more information.”
The statement concluded with LeBron and his wife Savannah, thanking USC medical and athletic staff for their “incredible work and dedication” to the safety of their athletes.
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What gets me is when crap happens after jab, they don’t admit they had it!!
And PEDs. LeFlop has been suspected of juicing for years. Maybe the apple didn’t fall too far from its very large tree.
It has been quite a few years, but I use to talk with a 38 year old grandma during smoke breaks.
The liability of allowing a man who died on National TV even suit up again is so stupid it defies logic. Then again, it’s the NFL and it’s run by Meatheads.
You’re thinking Bronys. I might know a thing or two about that.
Pickleball.
ping
Do you mean the ‘research’ that would never be funded by anyone in the world, because big pharma has such a stranglehold on the grant purse and the main stream narrative?
That research?
Yeah, I’ll wait, too.
I would put it another way...
He already chose the world and money and the popular narrative over common sense, self preservation and independent thought.
He made that choice when he could have just kept his mouth shut or lied about getting the vax.
Now that he is in the spot light and there is an extreme amount of pressure on him, there is no way that would go against the money and the fame.
The consequences of denying the vaxx at this point are far too great now.
So far so good. I used to do the Seattle to Portland bike ride every year. 200 miles in one day. I also bicycle commuted in Seattle for years - typically about 25 miles one way - until smart phones made it too dangerous.
So I’ve always been healthy and I think it’s mainly genetic. My father died at 90 a couple of years ago from a very large growth in his brain. It wasn’t cancer, but it hit him pretty hard and a few weeks later he was dead.
Two weeks before the “episode”, he was in the woods cutting firewood. 😎
I’m going to need my surgery repeated in 10-15 years because that is the expected lifespan of my new aortic valve. It will be easier though. They won’t need to cut me open, and can just use an artery to fish the new one up there. And who know where medical science will be in ten years.
Doubtful - a friend of mine is quite athletic and when she plays Pickleball, she is breathless, sweaty and it takes her a while to cool down. The old ladies she plays with are usually out for blood.
Seems to me Pickleball is pretty much the workout that Racquetball is.
at least he wasn't tracked down in the streets and attacked by the white mob.
did you have health insurance?....I seem to recall that you didn’t have it....
and none of those Pfizer employees as well as employees of the CDC or FDA were mandated to take the shot....imagine that.....
Lenny was like a rose.
Got picked and then he died.
I can imagine that, now that it’s over; until the next epidemic...
There’s studies on student cardiac arrest that long predate Covid, you can find them on PubMed. Student athletes have a significantly higher rate of cardiac events, including death, than their non athlete age cohort. There’s been no identifiable common explanation, but the higher incidence of cardiac issues has been known for years. Maybe the stress of training and high level performance triggers latent problems that otherwise would remain dormant.
https://www.utphysicians.com/what-to-know-about-sudden-cardiac-arrest-in-young-athletes/
“What to know about sudden cardiac arrest in young athletes”
Sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) is the leading cause of death in young athletes, but this reality probably never rang so true until the evening of Jan. 2. That is when millions of Americans witnessed 24-year-old Damar Hamlin, safety for the Buffalo Bills, collapse on live television after completing a tackle.
“There are a number of causes for sudden cardiac arrest in athletes who are 35 and younger,” said John P. Higgins, MD, MBA, MPhil, professor of cardiovascular medicine with McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston and sports cardiologist with the Houston Rockets. “Sometimes it can just be a normal heart at the wrong place and the wrong time.”
In the case of Hamlin, a blunt injury to his chest may have led to commotio cordis.
“He got hit right in front of the heart on his chest by the helmet of another player,” Higgins said. “The mechanical energy from a force like that, whether it comes from another player or an object like a baseball or hockey puck, disrupts the heart’s electrical impulses and causes commotio cordis.”
Commotio cordis is an event where a blunt, non-penetrating trauma to the chest results in irregular heart rhythm and ventricular fibrillation leading to SCA. This does not allow the heart to pump blood to the rest of the body, and the person collapses.
“Exercise demands more blood flow, but if the heart cannot pump the necessary supply of blood, it can ultimately lead to sudden cardiac arrest,” he said.
The main culprit of SCA in young athletes, however, is not commotio cordis or another form of arrhythmia. The leading cause in the U.S. is hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, while congenital coronary artery anomaly is the second. Both of these conditions make it harder for the heart to pump blood to the rest of the body.
“Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a disease of the heart muscle. It starts to become too thick and stiff for blood to fill the heart and be pumped out effectively,” Higgins said. “Some hypertrophic cardiomyopathy patients are predisposed to ventricular arrhythmia and SCA.”
“A congenital coronary artery anomaly is a heart defect,” he continued. “An artery is in the wrong place, or coming from the wrong place, and not allowing proper blood flow to supply necessary oxygen and nutrients to the heart.”
There are several more cardiac conditions that can lead to SCA. These include inherited or acquired cardiomyopathies (e.g., arrhythmogenic right ventricular, myocarditis); electrical disorders and channelopathies (e.g., Brugada syndrome, Long QT syndrome, Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome); valve and aortic disorders (e.g., Marfan syndrome, pulmonary stenosis); coronary artery anomalies; and congenital heart disease.
Most SCA cases are due to genetics rather than injuries.
“Most of the conditions that can lead to sudden cardiac arrest in young athletes are hereditary. A person can be born with a hereditary or congenital heart condition that is never detected,” he said.
Student athletes or students involved in vigorous physical activities should receive additional screening if a family member has a hereditary or congenital heart condition.
“For student athletes, screening was normally just medical history questions and a physical exam. The data shows that history and physicals will only detect 5% to 25% of cases of athletes that have underlying conditions associated with SCA,” the cardiologist said. “In other words, with traditional screening you’re going to miss most of them.”
Higgins advocated for Texas House Bill 76, or Cody’s Law, which was passed in 2019. It requires school districts to provide information on SCA and electrocardiograms (ECGs) to parents of student athletes. Higgins recommends an ECG for any at-risk student.
“If your child has any indications — chest pains, heart palpitations, or easily out of breath from exercise — or a medical history, an ECG can raise the detection rate significantly for many of the conditions that cause SCA, from 25% at best to about 80%,” he said. “While the ECG is not perfect, it appears to be better than the current history and physical.”
Because not every heart condition may be detected, it is important for all sports facilitators to learn CPR and have access to defibrillators.
“If you can’t prevent a sudden cardiac arrest, you can definitely try to bring the person back as fast as possible,” Higgins said. “Perform CPR until the person can be shocked into a normal heart rhythm with a defibrillator.”
It is also necessary to keep all athletes well hydrated.
“Make sure they are given plenty of water because dehydration can cause strain on the heart, and this may also lead to events which could in turn result in sudden cardiac arrest,” he said.
Though there are some risks, the doctor asserts that “exercise is medicine.” The former marathoner and daily runner believes sports still offer more health benefits than risks.
“For parents who are very concerned about SCA, they can try putting their child in a non-contact sport, like swimming, tennis, cross-country, or rowing,” Higgins said. Perhaps more padding equipment can be introduced into certain sports as well as advanced training and raised awareness of coaches and players.”
“There is room for improvement, but I don’t believe sudden cardiac arrest is a reason to not play sports,” he added.
I am sure some people experienced adverse effects from the jabs. What we should not overlook is the enormous number of Americans who were jabbed. When denominator is huge, the percentage of adverse effects becomes small.
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