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Subject: No but it is fairly common with women athletes I have included
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Posted by: mitchellbbfan on Tue May 13 2008 4:07:11 PM
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part of an article on the subject.
Last year it was Logan. I wonder if they should check this on a routine
basis to head something like this off as it takes months to recover from
what I have read.
Article...
Iron deficiency is a common problem for women athletes. Studies have
routinely found that athletes, especially female athletes, are often iron-
deficient or anemic. Iron is essential for athletic performance. One of its
major functions is to carry oxygen to and carbon dioxide away from all
the cells in your body. The brain also relies on oxygen transport and
without enough iron you will find it hard to concentrate and feel tired and
irritable. Iron is also needed to maintain a healthy immune system. If
you don't have enough iron you may be prone to more frequent
infections.
Athletes and Iron Deficiency
A combination of the following factors place athletes at risk of iron
deficiency:
Inadequate supply of dietary iron. Athletes who avoid red meat have
difficulty meeting the body's iron needs.
Increased demands for iron. Hard training stimulates an increase in red
blood cell and blood vessel production, and increases the demand for
iron. (Iron turnover is highest for endurance athletes training at high
intensity).
High iron loss. Blood loss through injury, or menstruation. In endurance
athletes, ‘foot strike’ damage to red blood cells in the feet due to
running on hard surfaces with poor quality shoes leads to iron loss.
Finally, because iron is lost in sweat, heavy sweating leads to
increased risk of deficiency.
Symptoms
The symptoms of iron deficiency include loss of endurance, chronic
fatigue, high exercise heart rate, low power, frequent injury, recurring
illness, and loss of interest in exercise and irritability. Other symptoms
include poor appetite, and increased incidence and duration of colds
and infections. Many of these symptoms are also common to over-
training, so misdiagnosis is common. The only sure way to diagnose a
deficiency is a blood test to determine iron status.
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