Sport in itself may be accompanied with certain risks

More than 10 players of the Iowa Hawkeyes football team were taken in hospital due to  rhabdomyolsis. This is a disease connected with fast damage of skeletal muscle that results in leakage into urine myoglobin, a muscle protein. Individuals that have this disease suffer from serious muscle aches, weakness and soreness. Since byproducts of the muscle damage become toxic to the kidneys, there is an enhanced risk of kidney failure under this circumstance.
Specialists started promptly to blame nephrotoxic supplements or anabolic steroids in appearance of rhabdomyolsis in players of the Hawkeyes but there was no any  link between these products and this disease in them. The doctor James Williams told to CBS during an interview that nephrotoxic supplements had to be blamed for the condition in these football players. He claimed that persons had dehydration, when their muscles became broken due to hard trainings. When supplements are administrated in such cases, they are turned to be toxic to kidneys directly, according to James William. He added that this condition led to rhabdomyolsis.
Unfortunately, the media didn’t interview real high-qualified experts. Only so-called specialists were asked by media. That’s why the conclusions were misleading.
It is suggested that Mike Gimbel of a Maryland anti-steroid and anti-supplement organization doesn’t have needed knowledge. This person just claims that although they do not know how the supplements act in body and whether they cause any benefits, these products are too dangerous for health.
Nevertheless, several facts showed that anabolic steroids were not responsible for rhabdomyolsis of the football players. These patients submitted to tests for prohibited substances and they tested negative. Furthermore, an expert has studied and shown that there was no any connection between muscle damages and anabolic steroids or HGH. Richard J. Auchus, an expert on steroid metabolism at the University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas, points out that gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid is the only medicine that could lead to this illness. Sometimes this preparation is administrated for anabolic effects too. This is an illicit preparation. Several specialists like Auchus, a consultant of the U. S. Anti-Doping Agency, believe that no any medicine is to be demonized for this disease of the players. He believes that the muscle disorder is caused by extremely hard training to which the coaches pushed the players.
The coach Chris Doyle will be probably blamed for rhabodomyolsis of the football players, if steroids or other supplements will be not turned to be the reasons of the condition. Who knows? Even sport in itself may be accompanied by several risks.