Fabio Cannavaro (12 Viewers)

KB824

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Sep 16, 2003
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Are the others taken? I don't really follow their lives (or know who Odom is).

Lamar Odom is a basketball player for the Los Angeles Lakers.

See, if you lived in America, and received all of your relevant news info, as mostof the general populace see to do, from such highly recognized shows as TMZ, Access Hollywood, and Extra, you would know this
 

Nenz

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The Kardashians have a massive black dude fetish. It makes me sad (and I mean that in the most non-racist sense possible).
 
Sep 1, 2002
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Yes, I do carry an Epipen around Bianconero. I am highly allergic to the point where it could be fatal, and if you believe what the doctors say, that they were dealing with a situation to "prevent further complications, including lethal ones", then YES the doctors should have that available for him in these instances.


Let me be clear. I don't blame Cannavaro for this. The doctors should have never given him Cortisone for a wasp sting. I have never, ever heard of that before. Cortisone is a pain killer, it is not a treatment to ward off the effects of a wasp sting.
Thanks Andy... Yeh, I thought that was the case, and this whole story just seems such an unlikely one. I am sure that the medical staff at Juve are that stupid, but Canna should have known better.

As it is said: watch this space.
 

KB824

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Sep 16, 2003
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Thanks Andy... Yeh, I thought that was the case, and this whole story just seems such an unlikely one. I am sure that the medical staff at Juve are that stupid, but Canna should have known better.

As it is said: watch this space.
So you're thinking what I'm thinking then?

Besides the fact that I'm thinking about Kim Kardashian now.
 

C4ISR

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Dec 18, 2005
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It was a cortisone shot. Cortisone is a pain killer. Its not a performance enhancer. If that was the case, then every athlete in every sport would be banned. My question is if he is allergic to bee stings (such as myself), why did they not administer Epinephrine? That is what I use in case I get stung.
Cortisone is an anti-inflammatory. It reduces pain because it reduces inflammation.
 

KB824

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Sep 16, 2003
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Cortisone is an anti-inflammatory. It reduces pain because it reduces inflammation.

I'm going to say this again, and I repeat, this was for my situation and my situation only. When I had my cortisone shot for my shoulder, it was because of a torn labrum. There was no swelling. I just couldn't lift my shoulder at all, and being an outfielder in baseball, I needed to be able to throw. For my back, it was due to my discs that eventually needed to be fused.

I'm telling ya, my problems and need for cortisone had nothing to do with inflammation.

But what I want to know is, and no one here seems to have a response to it, is why did they use Cortisone on someone who is highly allergic to bee stings? The proper treatment for it is epinephrine. Corisone might reduce the swelling, but if he is allergic to it, cortisone won't eliminate the effects of the bee sting
 

KB824

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Sep 16, 2003
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I just think that Cortisone was the wrong weapon of choice to treat this. Now it will cast suspicions of doubt, whether they are undounded or not. It was a dumb move by the medical staff, but to be honest, I expected nothing less
 
Sep 1, 2002
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I once had a similar problem with my shoulder- caused by a slightly inclined entry from the 10m board- and had cortisone injection directly in the shoulder joint. It was as an anti-inflaming agent that was within the joint.
 

Hennes

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Sep 3, 2004
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I just think that Cortisone was the wrong weapon of choice to treat this. Now it will cast suspicions of doubt, whether they are undounded or not. It was a dumb move by the medical staff, but to be honest, I expected nothing less
Maybe both medications were needed (epiphandrine and cortisone) but only cortisone is on the doping list? Or maybe in that case the medication with cortisone was more appropriate because the danger was the swelling and not so much low blood pressure/breathing problems? I'm no doctor but if they gave it to him I suppose it was necessary indeed and if they had respected the bureaucratic rules NOTHING would have happened. :sergio:
 

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