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A lot of world class endurance athletes have asthma. See here: > is suggestive that years of endurance training may be a contributory cause. https://pubmed.nc
by sethherr 2y ago
A lot of world class endurance athletes have asthma. See here:
> is suggestive that years of endurance training may be a contributory cause.
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22228581/ https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22228581/
- searealist 2y agoIt's an open secret that the diagnosis is a sham because it's performance-enhancing.
- sethherr 2y agoThat's a possibility - but the pubmed piece I linked also includes this quote: > Athletes with asthma/AHR have consistently outperformed their peers, which research suggests is not due to their treatment enhancing sports performance. Anecdotally, when I lived in Chicago and rode outside in cold air I had asthma like symptoms (and I didn't ride nearly as frequently as olympians do) - which lines up with this quote, also from my original link: > Inspiring polluted or cold air is considered a significant aetiological factor in some but not all sports. I think it's possible that it's not just a sham.