More than 10 players of the Iowa Hawkeyes football team have rhabdomyolsis

Over 10 players of the Iowa Hawkeyes football team were taken in hospital due to rhabdomyolsis. This is an illness related to quick damage of skeletal muscle which results in leakage into urine myoglobin, a muscle protein. Individuals with this disease suffer from serious muscle aches, weakness and soreness. Since byproducts of the muscle destruction become toxic to the kidneys, there is an enhanced risk of kidney failure under this circumstance.
Experts began immediately to blame nephrotoxic supplements or anabolic steroids in occurring of rhabdomyolsis in the Hawkeyes’ football players but there was no any connection between these preparations and this illness in them. James Williams, a doctor, told to CBS during an interview that nephrotoxic supplements were responsible for the disease in these football players. He confirmed that individuals had dehydration, when their muscles became broken due to hard trainings. When supplements are administrated in such cases, they are turned to be toxic to kidneys directly, according to James William. He added that this condition caused rhabdomyolsis.
Unluckily, the media didn’t interview real high-qualified experts. Just so-called specialists were asked by media. That’s why the explanations were misleading.
It is supposed that Mike Gimbel of a Maryland anti-steroid and anti-supplement organization doesn’t possess sufficient knowledge. Mike Gimbel just confirms that although they do not know how the supplements act in body and whether they cause any benefits, these products are too dangerous for health.
Nevertheless, some facts displayed that anabolic steroids were not responsible for rhabdomyolsis of the football players. These patients submitted to tests for banned medications and they tested negative. Furthermore, a specialist has studied and shown that there was no any connection between muscle disorders and anabolic steroids or HGH. Richard J. Auchus, a specialist on steroid metabolism at the University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas, is sure that gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid is the only medicine that could cause this illness. Sometimes this drug is administrated for anabolic effects as well. Gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid is an illegal medication. Certain experts like Auchus, a consultant of the U. S. Anti-Doping Agency, confirm that no any medicine is to be demonized for this condition of these football players. He claims that the muscle damage is caused by extremely hard training to which the coaches pushed the players.
The trainer Chris Doyle will be probably condemned for rhabodomyolsis of the football players, if steroids or other supplements will be not turned to be the reasons of the disease. Who knows? Even sport in itself is associated with some risks.