Eight Texas Woman's University student-athletes hospitalized with rare condition

[TexasTowelie]

Eight Texas Woman's University student-athletes were hospitalized over the weekend with symptoms related to a condition involving muscle tissue breakdown.

The students all had symptoms related to rhabdomyolysis and are stable and improving, the university said in a statement.

No other information about the students or the cause was released because of privacy laws. WFAA-TV (Channel 8) reported that some of the hospitalized athletes are on the volleyball team.

Rhabdomyolysis can lead to the release of muscle fiber contents into the blood, which can cause kidney damage, according to the U.S. National Library of Medicine.

Read more: http://www.dallasnews.com/news/education/headlines/20160822-8-texas-woman-s-university-student-athletes-hospitalized-with-rare-condition.ece

[Warpy]

1. Since they're unlikely to be using statins or drugs of abuse

I wonder if they've all suffered heat stroke, another well known cause.

Rhabdomyolysis is rare. Having a cluster of 8 cases is very suspicious.

[gwheezie]

2. Drug related? Exercise induced?

I've seen patients with rhabdomyolosis after drug and/or extreme physical exertion. This is why using a taser on anyone who is very agitated and fighting fueled by some drugs might kill the person if law enforcement doesn't recognize rhabdomyolosis and take the person to a hospital. Where I work and le brings in an agitated pt who has been tasered I ask the physician to order labs for muscle destruction and kidney function.