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The Physiological Advantages and Disadvantages to Athletic Sports Performance of Blood Removal, Storage, and Later Transfusion
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The Physiological Advantages and Disadvantages to Athletic Sports Performance of Blood Removal, Storage, and Later Transfusion into the Same Individual (i.e. Blood Doping) Introduction Blood doping, or induced erythrocythemia, is a term used to describe any means by which a person's total volume of red blood cells is increased (Wilmore, 1994). The strategy has been adopted by a number of athletes, with positive results in endurance sports such as cycling, cross-country skiing and long-distance running. Whilst a fairly small increase in erythrocyte mass is seen in athletes after months of endurance training, dishonest athletes may strive to increase their erythrocyte mass further through the illegal and unethical processes blood doping or administration of human recombinant erythropoietin (rHuEPO). The potential benefits of using such procedures are alluring to the athlete; the increase in erythrocyte mass (and so too in haemoglobin) causes a subsequent increase in the oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood, providing an increased...
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