Emelyanov BA, Pokrovsky VV, Semenov VA, Socolov IA; International Conference on AIDS.
Int Conf AIDS. 1992 Jul 19-24; 8: C378 (abstract no. PoC 4811).
Institute of sports Anti-doping center, Moscow, Russia.
PROBLEM: Features of AIDS spreading in sports among youth are controversial concerning epidemiological, sociological, immunological and andrological aspects. PROJECT: Our center performs AIDS and H3V analysis, hormonal and immunological testing, social/sexual questionnaire screening, diagnostics of prostatitis, estimation of fertility among high class athletes of different specializations (including detection of dopings and anabolics). RESULT: Greater than 60% athletes abuse banned drugs including injections. Correlation is high of sexual aggressiveness with anabolics abuse, fertility damage (up to 90% failure among weight-lifters with good copulation function), frequency of prostatitis and sexually transmitted diseases (up to 60% weight-lifters and body-builders) and frequency of HBV markers (up to 6-8% compared to 3-4% control). General immunodepression is found among athletes as a result of physical and emotional overloading (factor that can possibly lead to AIDS development acceleration). LESSONS LEARNED: 1) Three factors are found essential for spreading of AIDS in sports close body contact (risk for blood transfer in boxing trauma, wrestling and ets.), social behavior (mode of living, communicability, young age, anabolic sexual aggressiveness multiplied on social prestige of star's sex-testing by worshipers), factor of immunodeficiency (general immunodeficiency among emotionally and physically overloaded athletes and special gonadal doping depressions). 2) AIDS testing is inevitable in sports. It should include epidemiological, sociological and andrological standardized technics. 3) Wide spread investigation of sports/AIDS problem is sharply needed to-day to protect the youth health.
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Keywords:
- Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
- Animals
- Behavior
- Demography
- Doping in Sports
- Evaluation Studies
- Male
- Research
- Sexually Transmitted Diseases
- Sports
- Substance-Related Disorders
- education
Other ID:
UI: 102200193
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