Injecting blood?

[Hurricane55]

Two of my buddies were talking about how some athletes will withdraw however much blood, freeze it for 4 weeks, and then inject it the night before they compete. They were saying it gives the body more oxygenized blood and boosts they're endurance. I have never heard this and seriously doubt it but thought I'd ask anyway. Is this a real thing or were they fucking around with me?

 

[medical]

Called blood doping and yes it is done....EPO has rendered it old-school now though.

 

[brewers]

thats right. by donating a pint of blood to yourself, your rbc count will be higher. EPO has made it old school though like the above post said. but some take it to the extreme and use epo and transfusions...

 

[baslayr]

Cyclist and runners have been doing it for years. And as "medical" said EPO took over the need for that.

 

[medical]

Someone K me for the perfect post while I'm on codiene!

 

[tempest2003]

really? freeze blood and its still good? i would think it would distroy blood cells, not the case though huh? can anyone describe how it would increase the oxygen?

 

[medical]

The problem is hemolization and that is avoided by freezing it really fast....you can;t do this in your freezer at home. Your bodt produces more rbc's and thus hemoglobin in those 4 weeks and when you add in the doped blood you get an 4-10% increase in hemoglobin

 

[a creed]

EPO Faq (decent info)

http://www.rajeun.net/epofaq.html