Life is way too short

[[S]alvatore]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwRKwObXEOs&feature=related

Soccer player, dead at 24 just like that. No warnings, nothing. What i'm trying to say is live your life and do what you want, don't let anyone tell you otherwise.

 

[Mr. Unique]

bump

so true, thanks for reminding me

 

[SmoothTalker]

These always make me wonder. How does a young guy who obviously gets tons of exercise and is presumably in good shape just die from heart failure? Sure it can happen to anyone, but they seem to get more than their fair share.

Is it drugs, overexertion, what's going on?

 

[Drum&Bass]

I'm not making any assumptions about what happened and I know freak accidents do occur but when athletes suddenly die of heart failure, steroids from unclean syringes is a likely cause.

 

[Falcon]

I remember once when someone died on the high school track during PE. Turns out that person had an undiagnosed heart condition.

I think that's the thing though, sometimes it can be hard to diagnose that kind of stuff, because from what I've experienced, doctors only listen to your heart, and if it sounds alright, then they assume you are healthy. Sometimes you exercise a little and they monitor it, but they don't monitor it when you're under extreme exertion, or when there is excessive heat, etc... I'm no expert, but it seems like it's easy for a heart condition to go undiagnosed.

 

[wolf116]

Many people go through life just fine with imperfect hearts(small genetic deformities), but athletes who push the limits of said heart can die from hart failure. It's tragically unfair.

I doubt this has anything to do with drugs.

 

[Cry For Love]

There have been some painkillers that can cause heart failure as a side effect, if i remember correctly a young danish football player died because of that.

 

[Wiesman44]

Life is not way too short. On average, life is 80 years. WTF else do u know that happens for 80 years ?