The Effect of Acute Beetroot Juice Supplementation After Strenuous Physical Activity on Creatine Kinase Levels

We report the case of a 19-year-old male who complained of myalgia, muscle weakness, and darkened urine two days after receiving his Ad26.COV2.S (Johnson & Johnson, New Brunswick, New Jersey, United States) COVID-19 vaccination. Blood examination revealed an increased creatine kinase (CK) level, and his urinary dipstick tested positive for blood, indicative of acute rhabdomyolysis. Serum creatinine levels were normal. Rhabdomyolysis due to strenuous physical activity was ruled out and further diagnostics excluded an autoimmune cause. Under repeated treatment with intravenous fluid resuscitation (outpatient treatment), his symptoms resolved and peak CK levels of 44,180 U/L returned to almost normal levels within two weeks. Rhabdomyolysis is a rare, potentially fatal vaccine-induced reaction. Further research is needed to better understand the underlying pathomechanism and to investigate whether subcutaneous injection of vaccines may be able to prevent rhabdomyolysis.

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Strenuous physical activity in young adulthood and risk of breast cancer (United States)

Cancer Causes & Control ◽

10.1007/bf00051410 ◽

1995 ◽

Vol 6 (4) ◽

pp. 347-353 ◽

Cited By ~ 52

Author(s):

Robert Mittendorf ◽

Matthew P. Longnecker ◽

Polly A. Newcomb ◽

Amy T. Dietz ◽

E. Robert Greenberg ◽

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Keyword(s):

Breast Cancer ◽

Physical Activity ◽

United States ◽

Young Adulthood ◽

Strenuous Physical Activity

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Living on the Border

Bioarchaeology of Frontiers and Borderlands ◽

10.5744/florida/9781683400844.003.0007 ◽

2019 ◽

pp. 135-159

Author(s):

Katie Marie Whitmore ◽

Michele R. Buzon ◽

Stuart Tyson Smith

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Traumatic Injury ◽

New Kingdom ◽

Peaceful Coexistence ◽

Burial Practices ◽

Public Displays ◽

The Third ◽

Egyptian Culture ◽

Strenuous Physical Activity ◽

The Relationship

Tombos is located at the Third Cataract of the Nile River in modern-day Sudan and marks an important literal and figurative boundary between Egyptian and Nubian interaction. During the New Kingdom Period (1400–1050 BCE), the cemetery at Tombos in Upper Nubia exhibits the use of Egyptian mortuary practices, including monumental pyramid complexes, likely used by both immigrant Egyptians and local Nubians. Despite the influence of Egyptian culture during this colonial period, there are several public displays of Nubian identity in burial practices found at Tombos. This mixture of Egyptian and Nubian burial practices extends into the postcolonial period at Tombos. Paleopathological analyses indicate that the Nubian and Egyptian individuals living at colonial Tombos enjoyed access to nutritional food resources and displayed low levels of skeletal markers of infection, traumatic injury, and strenuous physical activity. While the Tombos sample is likely not representative of all Egyptian-Nubian interaction during the New Kingdom, the individuals examined appear to have benefited from the relationship. In contrast with many situations of frontier interaction, the bioarchaeological evidence indicates a relatively peaceful coexistence between Egyptians and Nubians at Tombos, and the construction of a new biologically and culturally entangled community.

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