Blood Doping Research Paper
Madison Ring
Mrs. Legrotte
Anatomy Block 4
13 December 2014
Blood Doping
Blood Doping is a very controversial topic throughout many high performance athletes all through the world. Blood Doping or erthrocythemia is boosting the number of red blood cells in your blood stream in order to enhance athletic performance. With an increase in red blood cells more oxygen is also produced thus enhancing athletes during a long distance, or long endurance event. There are three widely used types of blood doping which include blood transfusions, injections of erythropoietin (EPO), and injections of synthetic oxygen carriers. Although Blood Doping as a whole is not good for the body, there is one transfusion that is safer than others and that would be …show more content…
A large infusion of red blood cells could increase blood thickness and cause a decrease in cardiac output and a reduction in oxygen content. Both would reduce aerobic capacity. The human heart was not designed to pump thickened blood throughout the body and, therefore, it could lead to a multitude of problems. Even more frightening is the list of diseases that can be contracted through homologous blood transfusion (It includes hepatitis, AIDS, malaria, and CMV.) Blood doping is used in many high performance athletes and during many high sponsored events such as the Olympics and PGA golf tours, this including the even bigger risk of the consequences of possibly getting kicked out of the sport for years to a …show more content…
Because this procedure is illegal, it is rarely practiced by a medical doctor, so the chances of someone actually knowing what they are doing are very low. It is said that any procedure that involves taking the blood out and putting it back in can be a serious health risk. The transfusion can result in bacterial infections, fatal reactions due to blood mislabeling stroke, congestive heart failure, hypertension, and blood clots. These health problems are very dangerous and are the reason why blood doping is banned. Blood doping is not the only illegal harmful substance drug being used in competitions many others such as erythropoietin (EPO- which is a naturally occurring hormone produced in kidneys that is essential for production of red blood cells), other such as anabolic steroids, tetrahydrogestinone (growth hormone), modafinil, gene doping. All of these substances causing serious health risks to the
Mrs. Legrotte
Anatomy Block 4
13 December 2014
Blood Doping
Blood Doping is a very controversial topic throughout many high performance athletes all through the world. Blood Doping or erthrocythemia is boosting the number of red blood cells in your blood stream in order to enhance athletic performance. With an increase in red blood cells more oxygen is also produced thus enhancing athletes during a long distance, or long endurance event. There are three widely used types of blood doping which include blood transfusions, injections of erythropoietin (EPO), and injections of synthetic oxygen carriers. Although Blood Doping as a whole is not good for the body, there is one transfusion that is safer than others and that would be …show more content…
A large infusion of red blood cells could increase blood thickness and cause a decrease in cardiac output and a reduction in oxygen content. Both would reduce aerobic capacity. The human heart was not designed to pump thickened blood throughout the body and, therefore, it could lead to a multitude of problems. Even more frightening is the list of diseases that can be contracted through homologous blood transfusion (It includes hepatitis, AIDS, malaria, and CMV.) Blood doping is used in many high performance athletes and during many high sponsored events such as the Olympics and PGA golf tours, this including the even bigger risk of the consequences of possibly getting kicked out of the sport for years to a …show more content…
Because this procedure is illegal, it is rarely practiced by a medical doctor, so the chances of someone actually knowing what they are doing are very low. It is said that any procedure that involves taking the blood out and putting it back in can be a serious health risk. The transfusion can result in bacterial infections, fatal reactions due to blood mislabeling stroke, congestive heart failure, hypertension, and blood clots. These health problems are very dangerous and are the reason why blood doping is banned. Blood doping is not the only illegal harmful substance drug being used in competitions many others such as erythropoietin (EPO- which is a naturally occurring hormone produced in kidneys that is essential for production of red blood cells), other such as anabolic steroids, tetrahydrogestinone (growth hormone), modafinil, gene doping. All of these substances causing serious health risks to the