Medical Science has brought to light some good news for the athletes. An extensive study carried out on some retired players of the National Football League (NFL) revealed that players who have had a more active schedule are less prone to fall victims to diseases like diabetes, hypertension, sedentary lifestyles and metabolic syndrome.
The study was carried out after an experiment in which patients were administered with nasal corticosteroids. It was then found out that out of every 100 patients treated with nasal steroids, 7 patients were seemed to have marked symptom relief. This group formed 73 percent of people in comparison to 66.4 percent who received the placebo. The doses of nasal drops given were strong in their nature.
From News-Medical.Net:
Overall, 73 percent of the patients treated with nasal steroids experienced relief or marked improvement of symptoms during the study period, compared with only 66.4 percent of patients who received the placebo.
“For every 100 patients treated with intranasal corticosteroids, seven additional patients had complete or marked symptom relief,” compared to those in the placebo group, the reviewers found.
Stronger doses of nasal steroids appeared to work better. Patients receiving daily doses of 400 micrograms were more likely to experience relief of sinusitis symptoms, than were patients receiving 200-microgram doses.
Although there is not enough evidence to suggest that nasal steroids can stand alone for acute sinusitis treatment, “the results of these studies and reviews support the current clinical rationale of adding an intranasal corticosteroid to antibiotic therapy,” reviewers say.
However, the research also brought to light that the study was based on players who belonged to an entirely different era. If we compare them from players in the present times, we will find that the modern day football players are almost 50 percent larger in size than what they were decades ago. Mr. Levine, the Professor Of Internal Medicine in the Division of Cardiology at UT Southwestern said that, Today, there are a lot of opportunities for football players and athletes to get as big as possible with the help of protein supplements, extensive training and also consuming anabolic steroids and other growth hormones. The new criterion for success nowadays is the bigger, the better it is. But one should always keep into account the side effects of consuming excessive anabolic steroids. However, when taken in prescribed quantities, they are not dangerous.
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