I came across something a few days ago (as I had a cold and wasnt sure if I should go on the treadmill) and was really shocked.

Myocarditis is a condition where, if you have a healthy heart and get a virus (could even have common cold symptoms), you should NEVER do exercise. Apparently this is the cause of 20% of sudden deaths in younge people .

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myocarditis

I had no idea that you should to exercise if you were ill!

Aimee has this condition anyway because of her problems, and even I wasnt aware of how dangerous exercise was. x

Oooh I always thought the best thing was to do some exercise to give you a boost (not that I ever do very much!!!)

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Oh god, i was really ill the other week and still dragged myself to the gym but felt even worse after!

Thanks for sharing this!

You hear of so many young boys who die after playing footy etc (a 12 year old in Liverpool died last week after a swimming lesson). I didn't know about this but I deffo won't let my 13 year old do sports if he's sick in future.

I wonder if pe teachers are aware of this?

wow i didnt know this at all, no wonder your told to rest of your ill, ill make sure my two never excercise when theyre ill xx

Its surprising really that it isnt more widely known.

James's friend died a few weeks before we got married when they were playing football. He had a heart attack too. He was 21.

It really makes you realise how dangerous it can be.

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I didnt know it, but Dan did, but he did PE at GCSE so probably learnt it then?!

That's it I am giving up exercise

Yep I'm with Gil, I knew it was evil from the start lol xx

a young guy my sister went to school diet because of this i believe, he was a cyclist as well so knew what he was doing.

http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/348000/peter-bissell-dies.html

he had a slight problem with his heart when young and no one said a word about exercise to him.

well i'll be ok, I don't think I've done any exercise since about 2006

Oh my god thats scary!
I had a really bad cold a couple of weeks back and for some strange reason I thought doing a new exercise dvd would be a good idea! I made myself feel even worse but to think I could of had a heart attack is enough to scare me away from exercise for life!

Yeah i thought sweating it out was a good idea! But come to think of it know of quite a few young, seemingly healthy men that have died during exercise x