Rhabdomyolysis

Tom RaderStaff - June 1, 2021

PIC OF CROSSFIT Rhabdomyolysis (commonly referred to as rhabdo) is a very serious and potentially life threatening condition caused by the destruction
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For the Prevention section here, it should also include just staying fit generally, yeah?

 

Yep, added!

 

Very interesting. I was familar with  Rhabdomyolysis caused by mushrooms but not aware of problems caused by hard exercises or work  (even though lifting weights is part of my daily life since more than 40 years now).

A mushroom which was commonly eaten here in Europa in the past which is now classified as poisonous is Tricholoma equestre (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricholoma_equestre). In rare cases it led to Rhabdomyolysis by people eating it more than once (and plenty of it) in a short period of time.

Just checked, even though it is know in the US it didn’t cause here the same problems according to this wiki-link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tricholoma_equestre (which could be, as the link indicates, because of different species but also just because it is not very likely, and other factor may also play a role – who knows ;-).

Btw. that is one of the reasons why I generally do not recommand eating mushrooms in short term emergency situations.

 

I had no idea of mushroom-induced Rhabdo! Thanks for sharing those sources. 

 

Great idea including this here