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My thoughts on Blood doping

First what is Blood Doping?

Blood doping is the act of harvesting athlete’s red blood cells and processing it in order to create a concentration of red blood cells. Than they are frozen until needed for the next big event. The theory is when an athlete pushes him/her self there is not enough blood being circled around to the key parts of the body and cant maintain stamina but if the athlete is injected with a concentrated amount of red blood cells it will give the athlete a leg up on the competition. The problem with blood doping is the same problem with all needle based, blood base diseases and not properly done transfusions. The athlete can become anemic the blood can be contaminated, certain medications used to increase red blood cells can reduce liver function and lead to liver failure. So in my opinion the risk is not equal the reward