How to avoid sudden death during exercise?

"Sudden death during exercise", as the name suggests, means sudden death after exercise. At this time, some people may ask, aren’t athletes in very good physical condition? How could they die suddenly? In fact, the symptom of sudden death during exercise is not caused by exercise alone, but by fatal arrhythmias caused by exercise and underlying heart disease. Since sudden death during exercise is so scary, let us understand it and make preparations for prevention!

Is sudden death during exercise caused by overexercise?

What is most puzzling is why a young man who "loves sports and has plenty of physical energy" died in sports? Exercise itself should bring health to people, but why does it bring harm to those who love it? According to Wang Liming, a lecturer at the Physical Training Teaching and Research Section of the Sports Rehabilitation Department of Beijing Sport University, sudden death during exercise is a sports-related disease, which refers to the onset of symptoms during or immediately after exercise, and non-traumatic death. Sudden death induced by exercise is not simply caused by excessive exercise, but rather the damage to the three vital signs of breathing, heartbeat and consciousness caused by various reasons during exercise.

Most sudden deaths during exercise are related to cardiovascular

The vast majority of sudden death during exercise are related to cardiovascular disease. The main cause of sudden death during exercise in people aged 35 to 40 is coronary heart disease. The most common cause of sudden death during exercise in young people under 35 is hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and congenital coronary artery malformations, followed by moderate left ventricular hypertrophy, myocarditis, arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy, mitral valve prolapse, coronary heart disease, aortic valve stenosis, dilated cardiomyopathy, arrhythmias caused by ion channel diseases, aortic dissection and other congenital heart diseases.

For general fitness enthusiasts, the fitness exercises they usually engage in are not very confrontational and less dangerous, but it cannot be said that ordinary fitness exercises are absolutely safe and worry-free. You should still be careful to avoid some factors that may cause heart accidents, such as colds, fevers, or exercising immediately after meals.

Are there any hidden symptoms in people who die suddenly during exercise? Long-term fatigue, dizziness, chest pain, shortness of breath, and palpitations are often early signs of heart disease and cannot be simply considered as sub-health conditions. In addition, chronic diseases such as hypertension are also one of the causes of sudden death during exercise.

Sudden death during exercise can be prevented

Sudden death during exercise is not unpreventable. The first step is to have a comprehensive physical examination. Professor Pu said that although many people look healthy and have no signs of illness, this is only superficial and cannot fully explain the problem. Especially before participating in competitive sports, one must have a comprehensive understanding of one's own physical condition to see whether one is suitable for participating in such sports. If you lack exercise on a regular basis, suddenly doing strenuous exercise or even overload exercise will not only fail to achieve any fitness effect, but will also cause harm to your body. You should eat one bite at a time, and you should not rush to improve your physical fitness.