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boosting the number of red blood cells in the bloodstream in order to enhance athletic performance.
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improve an athlete’s aerobic capacity (VO2 max) and endurance
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23 May 13
jessicaslevinThis website gives more detailed facts about blood doping and has a lot of information. It doesn't provide many simple facts, but detailed ones.
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blood cells carry oxygen from the lungs to the muscles, a higher concentration in the blood can improve an athlete’s aerobic capacity (VO2 max) and endurance.
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Blood Transfusion
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blood donor and transfusion recipient are the same
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Blood Substitutes [edit]
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Biochemical and biotechnological development has allowed novel approaches to this issue, in the form of engineered O2 carriers, widely known as “blood substitutes
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This increases the chances of heart attack, stroke, phlebitis, and pulmonary embolism, which has been seen in cases where there is too much blood reintroduced into the blood stream. Because blood doping increases the volume of red blood cells, it effectively introduces a condition called polycythemia, a blood disorder that has known adverse outcomes such as heart attacks or strokes.
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Certain medications used to increase red blood cells can reduce liver function and lead to liver failure, pituitary problems, and increases in cholesterol levels.[42]
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On August 23, 2012 Lance Armstrong was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned for life by cycling's governing body following a report from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency that accused him of leading a doping program during his cycling career. He later admitted to using banned substances including blood doping with transfusions and EPO in an interview with Oprah Winfrey on January 17, 2013.[39]
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EPO is also not free of health hazards: excessive use of the hormone can cause polycythemia, a condition where the level of RBCs in the blood is abnormally high. This causes the blood to be more viscous than normal, a condition that strains the heart. Some elite athletes who died of heart failure—usually during sleep, when heart rate is naturally low—were found to have unnaturally high RBC concentrations in their blood[1].
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