Good for the heart
When can I exercise again after a cold?
Sports medicine doctor Florian Egger explains how much stress is good after infections – and when it can become dangerous.
This text first appeared in March 2024.
Mr. Dr. Egger, if you have a cough or fever, doctors like to prescribe a break from sports. Why actually?
On the one hand, load tolerance plays a role here. In short: Anyone who is sick cannot exercise to their full potential and also finds the exertion unpleasant. Another point: Infections often affect multiple organ systems, and there is a risk that the infection will not heal well if the body does not get enough rest. Rarely, complications such as myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle, can occur. Viruses are usually the trigger, as well as bacteria or other pathogens.
Athletes in particular fear inflammation of the heart muscle. What does “rare” mean in numbers?
Published in stern 13/2024
Source: Stern
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