RIP Maryland OT Jordan McNair
These types of deaths are hard to swallow. Athletes are in tremendous shape, and then they just collapse and die. At the risk of over-speculating, this is another reminder to have your kids checked for enlarged hearts and also to support these types of checks being mainstream. I understand from this article that the cause of death is not disclosed at this time, but it appears to be a similar case to other athletes who have died with heart defects.
Wow.
Thoughts and prayers to his family and friends.
Awful news. Thoughts to his family and teammates
We cannot fairly speculate about facts not in evidence, obviously, but the article says he was hospitalized right after a team workout. It seems impossible, therefore, that the workout was not involved in his hospitalization, and then death, given this. The workout could have irritated a pre-existing condition, of course, but it could also have been the sole cause, too... Very, very sad, regardless...
The article speculates that the young man may have suffered a heat stroke based on another athlete's tweet saying he had a liver transplant after heat stroke (which McNair was reported to have had). So, perhaps that's it, perhaps not. I guess I was drawing a connection to the heart defect issue because I am passionate about fixing that since it could save so many lives. Many low income student athletes rely on athletics as a way out of their poverty, yet so many of them could be alerted of their potentially deadly health condition with a simple heart screening. While it would be devastating to learn that you have such a condition, it's better to know than to learn ex-post-facto after collapsing. I know metro-detroit has made moves in getting kids checked.
I'm not so sure that it being "right after practice" means it wasn't related to practice. The heart-related collapsing event typically happen during the activity, and are directly related to the said activity, but I don't know enough about it to say it couldn't happen immediately after.
If this is a heat stroke related death, then I hope it is looked into and errors that occurred here can be addressed for future health and safety. No one should die in practice.
He had a liver transplant and still played football? If so that’s amazing. Sad that he’s died.
The comment was confusing, but what it meant was he had a liver transplant after being admitted to the hospital post-workout.
Prayers up! RIP
There was a high school football player who just died as well, I believe from a dirt bike accident? I feel so bad for these families, I wouldn't know to do if I ever lost one of my kids
I believe the defect is likely hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, which runs in my wife's family. Horrible disease that can be prevented with a simply screening but usually is not covered by insurance because it's so rare.
Life is precious. Hug your loved ones.
A few years ago, we had a Senior in HS die due to an undiagnosed heart defect. This kid was an athlete, weight lifter, and collapsed in the shower. His parents created a foundation in his name, and one of their major events every year is to offer free heart screenings to all high school students. I feel for their loss, but I really appreciate how they turned their grief and loss into something that could be really positive. I love that whole family.
Incredibly sad. Just wondering... given the physical rigors of being a D-I athlete, one would think they would should get some pretty in depth medical screening. Is this the case? If so, nothing is foolproof but there would be a better chance of detecting underlying conditions. If not, why not? Given the level of medical that must be provided anyway, it seems reasonable to have this requirement.
Damn. That fucking sucks. Rest in peace.
So sad. Thoughts and prayers out to his family and friends.
Just goes to show you that being "in shape" doesn't necessarily mean you are healthy.
There are some who are considered obese due to body type/genetic but are healthy.
Internal organs, especially the heart, can be put through excessive stress due to exercise.
Even riskier if there is an underlying heart issue.
Can’t agree with this take. Exercise is the best thing you can do for your body, barring underlying disorders.
Define Exercise. And do can you point me to studies where it says that exercise is the best thing you can do for your body?
And I'll counter with this. Most walked but weren't heavy exercisers. Some didn't exercise at all.
https://www.menshealth.com/health/a19540024/health-secrets-from-celebs-who-live-to-100/
My point is science hasn't yet been able to determine what specifically allows someone to live to an old age or what one should do to do so.
Obviously, genetics plays a part.
The so called experts, based on junk science, told us that eating less fat was healthy. They were absolutely and horribly wrong. That decision cost many their lives and most likely gave many diabetes as more sugars and carbs were introduced into our diets to make up or the lack of fat.
Need to make clear that I'm not saying sugar causes diabetes because it doesn't. But eating too much, gaining weight etc can lead to Type 2 diabetes.
They should check hearts better. We got the best medical faculties in ann arbor