could it happen to us?

[gavroche]

Could what happened to Nuamme happen to us when pushing hard up a hill? How do you know if your heart is up to it?

 

[Mrbez]

Muamba?

 

[fossyant]

Yes it can and does. Only because a well know footballer has had a problem, does it get known - it's actually quite common in fit young cyclists, as we push the limits harder.

 

[ianrauk]

It did happen to a professional cyclist a couple of years back but his name escapes me.

edit: Freddie Nolf during the 2009 Tour of Quatar

 

[fossyant]

PS I've been asked many times over the last couple of years if I have a heart condition (I'm 42) as I've been under treatment for my shoulder - I've said - "if I have I'd be dead by now" !

How do you test and why... ? Pro level should, but a few top amateurs die like this, and just as many young adults and kids do too without being an athlete.

 

[gavroche]

Muamba?

sorry. I am useless with names!

 

[slowmotion]

Yes it can and does. Only because a well know footballer has had a problem, does it get known - it's actually quite common in fit young cyclists, as we push the limits harder.

Sadly, all too true....

See here...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_professional_cyclists_who_died_during_a_race#2010s

EDIT: Sorry, that's the wrong article. I'll sit on the Naughty Step for a while...

 

[col]

Anyone can be unlucky with heart defects unbeknown until something happens. Im lucky, Iv had all the tests, no defects so dont worry about pushing hard what ever I do. So unless youve had the tests, take it easy Or you could just go on as normal in the knowledge that these sort of incidents are relatively rare

 

[Deleted member 1258]

Yes. In 2008 I had problems with angina and had to be stented, they put 4 in. On the bike climbing, sprinting and pushing very hard triggered the angina, off the bike sprinting for the bus and anything else that raised the heart rate triggered the angina. I was very fit and had been a club cyclist for very many years. In a way I consider myself as lucky, my heart could have just handed its notice in with immediate effect, the blocked arteries were putting it under stress. There are heart conditions that are very difficult to detect and as you age heart conditions can develop, genetics or lifestyle, so anyone who is fit active and pushes themselves physically has some risk.

 

[fossyant]

I've only learnt this in the last 15 years, possibly. I don't think anyone really did know much before. It's rare, and it's not encountered in any frequency in a non physically stressed activity, but it is known as a 'young' death syndrome with active folk. You are a bit buggered if you are an athlete or active, that's why 'they' drop dead. Couch potatoes wouldn't know.

Terribly sad, but it's why sports folk might want checking. 210 bpm for me on a practice Team Time Trial in my early 20's keeping touch with the clubs TT'ers might have seen me off - I thought it did...

 

[Fab Foodie]

It was whilst riding a bike that realised that my heart was unwell ... I was lucky and survived with a stern warning that lead to emergency surgery weeks later. However, young apparently healthy people do peg-out reasonably frequently and most go unreported because they're not famous. A young teacher at my kids school died that way playing Rugby, something he'd done for years.

 

[Nigel-YZ1]

Life is precious, and more of a lottery than many people realise.

 

[fossyant]

Anyone can be unlucky with heart defects unbeknown until something happens. Im lucky, Iv had all the tests, no defects so dont worry about pushing hard what ever I do. So unless youve had the tests, take it easy Or you could just go on as normal in the knowledge that these sort of incidents are relatively rare

Mate, nope. Never had a test myself for this myself. You are old and crusty like me !

If I had a known condition I'd ease off (I'd be dead actually...), I don't race at the minute (42 now so you youngsters had better watch out) , so hope to still ride when I am really old like 90 or 100.

 

[col]

Mate, nope. Never had a test myself for this myself. You are old and crusty like me !

If I had a known condition I'd ease off (I'd be dead actually...), I don't race at the minute (42 now so you youngsters had better watch out) , so hope to still ride when I am really old like 90 or 100.

I am, 50 in a week and a half. Hopefully I wont have a burst blood vessel instead

 

[slowmotion]

After years of dodging him, I fell into the clutches of my GP for an entirely unrelated tendon problem a fortnight ago. On Thursday, I'm off to have my ticker monitored by a datalogger fixed to my belt. They take readings for a couple of days while I go about my life. Ten days later, I'm booked in for an ultrasound transthoracic echocardiogram. I'm riding the bike to both appointments.

"I'm going out and may not be back for some time".

BTW, don't come asking for my bike...