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In recent years some athletes have been tempted blood doping in this procedure blood cells are removed from body stored for a month and reinjected a few days before a few days before the athletic event
The question :
What is the mechanism by which the athletes are benifited and why is this dangerous also ?

2007-02-03 05:41:27 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports Other - Sports

3 answers

"Blood or red-cell concentrate is injected into an athlete's system shortly before competition. The blood is either the athlete's own, extracted earlier and stored, or comes from a same-group donor. The former is undetectable, the latter is detectable. There is a temporary increase in oxygen-carrying red blood cells, and hence endurance. Blood doping has replaced EPO as a means of boosting performance. EPO has been detectable since 2000, but a test for blood doping only came in this summer."

"The dangers of blood doping are the same as those when EPO is used, because the extra thickness of the blood can lead to clotting, strokes and thrombosis. There are also dangers if the blood is not stored and administered correctly, as the Spanish cyclist Jesús Manzano related this year in a series of revelatory newspaper articles. "

No info on the dangers posed by blood borne pathogens such as AIDS when using blood from a donor.

2007-02-03 06:02:01 · answer #1 · answered by Michael E 5 · 0 0

Blood doping this way increase the oxygen level in the blood stream allowing for me energy to be produced by the muscles and more movement before the levels of lactic acid build up which can make performance harder.
Its the same reason why athletes will do high altitude training cause of the increase in oxygen levels in the blood.

2007-02-03 13:48:29 · answer #2 · answered by brat 5 · 0 0

it improves athletes fitness and stamina,gives him extra mile compared to others and is dangerous because it disrupts body mechanism and causes heart problems.

2007-02-03 13:50:44 · answer #3 · answered by ganesh n 5 · 0 0

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