Causes of sudden death in long-distance running

We are not unfamiliar with long-distance running, and we have all participated in long-distance running to a greater or lesser extent, and we must have heard of the phenomenon of sudden death in long-distance running. Why is there sudden death in long-distance running? What are the causes of sudden death in long-distance running?

Related to cardiac arrhythmia

Long-distance running helps to exercise the body's cardiopulmonary function. During long-distance running, fast-paced deep breathing allows the body to inhale more oxygen, which is very beneficial to the enhancement of lung function. When the oxygen inhalation of the lungs reaches about 8 times of the usual breathing, lung capacity can be qualitatively improved, and if adhered to for a period of time, a person's lung capacity may be improved to a higher level compared to the previous one. But it is also due to the sudden increase in exercise load during long-distance running, heart function can not keep up with the increase in exercise, resulting in cardiac ischemia, or produce serious oxygen supply deficiency, can also induce various cardiomyopathies, sudden death occurs during long-distance running, most cases are related to serious arrhythmias.

Related to poor physical fitness

In modern society, with the emergence of geeks and nerds, late night people, obese people, stay up late, sedentary and other bad habits, resulting in the low quality of physical fitness. Coupled with the usual do not pay attention to exercise and other reasons, in the long run, the body can not bear the weight, the chances of sudden death greatly increased.

Related to excessive exercise

Some people usually usually only simple intensity exercise or even no exercise, and long-distance running, for them, is already super-intense exercise. But in the process of, the body has put forward a strong protest can no longer continue to run, or there will be people who want to just bite the bullet and hold on. I do not know that such excessive exercise, increasing the chances of sudden death, because your body is overloaded.

These types of people are prone to sudden death in long-distance running

People with heart disease

Long-distance running is a long distance in athletics, consumption, heavy burden of a project, belongs to the high-intensity sports. People with rheumatic heart disease, congenital heart disease are not suitable for long-distance running. In addition, people who have recently had a heart attack, people with severe coronary artery disease (angina), or people who feel chest pain when doing light activities, and people who turn white and blue during exercise, are not suitable for long-distance running.

Patients with colds

Colds, such as viral colds, can induce heart failure and myocarditis. Among them, fulminant viral myocarditis will have the possibility of sudden death and is not suitable for long-distance running. So if the cold is not well for up to two weeks, and also accompanied by cough, chest tightness, panic, breath-holding, we should pay attention to it and seek timely medical attention to avoid inducing heart disease.

People with high blood pressure, diabetes or heart arrhythmia

After running, adrenaline rises, blood pressure and heart rate rise, which can easily lead to blood pressure spike and arrhythmia, inducing danger.

People who are overly obese

People who are overly obese often have metabolic disorders, which can easily cause danger when long-distance running exercise consumes too much.

People who have no exercise foundation in general

Lack of training or physical condition when long-distance running, easy to dizziness and the body can not afford such a large amount of exercise.