I think it is more likely that they were misdiagnosed as pneumonia when it was in fact heart failure and not pneumonia, rather than the repeated pneumonias causing the heart failure.
Exactly. Pneumonia is not a virus, it's not contagious, just means you can't breathe and you're lungs are filling up with fluid, which is exactly what happens in heart failure. But in men under 50 that are athletic, heart failure is not standard protocol to look for by "normal" doctors so they assume it's a virus causing the pneumonia
. Many of these guys saying they "got" pneumonia before a show may have been suffering from heart failure which then resolves after the show. Again, "normal" docs would never know this as heart failure has no cure, normally you're doomed UNLESS it's from bodybuilding. EF should be a vital protocol for gurus. Keep it above say 30 while you're really slamming gear then go off and recover. But what a dangerous way to live.
This is why it's so vital to have doctors that know bodybuilding. If you're in heart failure and get an arrythmia, the doc might schedule an ablation, and even insert a pacemaker, not realizing once you go off gear it will resolve.
Like the old Milos story about Benaziza getting killed by "normal" docs as they didn't understand bodybuilding and potassium sparing diuretics..
The bodybuilding community desperately needs docs that understand bodybuilding. Unfortunately Howard Elkin, the only cardiologist specializing in bodybuilders just died of heart failure...... 8
