Tom Lockyer

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Luton Town captain Tom Lockyer, who suffered a cardiac arrest during last Saturday's game at Bournemouth, has been discharged from hospital.

The club said the 29-year-old has had an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator (ICD) device fitted.
Luton also said his cardiac arrest was different to his previous collapse in the Championship play-off final in May when he suffered atrial fibrillation.

"We are thankful to report he has begun rehabilitation," said a club statement.
 
It’s a much misunderstood condition. Twenty years ago it was rarely diagnosed but there have been huge improvements since.
The condition is a form of cardiomyopathy known as ARVC and is handed down through a mutated but dominant gene. If one of your parents has the gene then you’ve a 50:50 chance of having the condition. It is the single biggest cause of sudden death and usually afflicts active and seemingly fit young adults. Hence the prevalence of symptoms in athletes.
Fortunately it can be genetically screened these days but is only usually done if there is a family history. That can lead to lifelong monitoring but little can be done to prevent symptoms should the condition develop.
If symptoms do develop as in Lockyer’s case, then a defibrillator is fitted nowadays which will shock the heart back into normal rhythm. Life should be lived as normal.

I have three sons all of whom have been screened positive for the fucked up gene. They got it from the Norfolk maternal side of the family which explains a lot.

It is vital that society has more defibrillator units installed in public places and in particular in locations where sports are played so that individuals who collapse can be swiftly brought around.

Incidentally, the doctors don’t advise any of my lads to pack up sports. One is a keen footballer having been on Blackpool’s youth team many years ago and another is currently a marathon runner. Scares me shitless though.
 
Dark_Side_of_the_Lune said:
It’s a much misunderstood condition. Twenty years ago it was rarely diagnosed but there have been huge improvements since.
The condition is a form of cardiomyopathy known as ARVC and is handed down through a mutated but dominant gene. If one of your parents has the gene then you’ve a 50:50 chance of having the condition. It is the single biggest cause of sudden death and usually afflicts active and seemingly fit young adults. Hence the prevalence of symptoms in athletes.
Fortunately it can be genetically screened these days but is only usually done if there is a family history. That can lead to lifelong monitoring but little can be done to prevent symptoms should the condition develop.
If symptoms do develop as in Lockyer’s case, then a defibrillator is fitted nowadays which will shock the heart back into normal rhythm. Life should be lived as normal.

I have three sons all of whom have been screened positive for the fucked up gene. They got it from the Norfolk maternal side of the family which explains a lot.

It is vital that society has more defibrillator units installed in public places and in particular in locations where sports are played so that individuals who collapse can be swiftly brought around.

Incidentally, the doctors don’t advise any of my lads to pack up sports. One is a keen footballer having been on Blackpool’s youth team many years ago and another is currently a marathon runner. Scares me shitless though.
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Nice to see Defib Machines sponsoring the match ball v. FGR
 
Dark_Side_of_the_Lune said:
It’s a much misunderstood condition. Twenty years ago it was rarely diagnosed but there have been huge improvements since.
The condition is a form of cardiomyopathy known as ARVC and is handed down through a mutated but dominant gene. If one of your parents has the gene then you’ve a 50:50 chance of having the condition. It is the single biggest cause of sudden death and usually afflicts active and seemingly fit young adults. Hence the prevalence of symptoms in athletes.
Fortunately it can be genetically screened these days but is only usually done if there is a family history. That can lead to lifelong monitoring but little can be done to prevent symptoms should the condition develop.
If symptoms do develop as in Lockyer’s case, then a defibrillator is fitted nowadays which will shock the heart back into normal rhythm. Life should be lived as normal.

I have three sons all of whom have been screened positive for the fucked up gene. They got it from the Norfolk maternal side of the family which explains a lot.

It is vital that society has more defibrillator units installed in public places and in particular in locations where sports are played so that individuals who collapse can be swiftly brought around.

Incidentally, the doctors don’t advise any of my lads to pack up sports. One is a keen footballer having been on Blackpool’s youth team many years ago and another is currently a marathon runner. Scares me shitless though.
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Decent post, all the best to your lads.

Perhaps a silver lining here, is that football’s main stage is raising awareness of this difficult condition for everyone.
 
Graves said:
Decent post, all the best to your lads.

Perhaps a silver lining here, is that football’s main stage is raising awareness of this difficult condition for everyone.
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BFC_53 said:
It must be difficult to live with the knowledge you're at risk, but then you're probably more likely to survive if you know you're at risk I guess? It's great that it's getting more understood and researched, and solutions are being developed.
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That was what the medical team said. It’s tough to know what to do with the knowledge, but at least the lads are regularly screened because of it.
 
Dark_Side_of_the_Lune said:
It’s a much misunderstood condition. Twenty years ago it was rarely diagnosed but there have been huge improvements since.
The condition is a form of cardiomyopathy known as ARVC and is handed down through a mutated but dominant gene. If one of your parents has the gene then you’ve a 50:50 chance of having the condition. It is the single biggest cause of sudden death and usually afflicts active and seemingly fit young adults. Hence the prevalence of symptoms in athletes.
Fortunately it can be genetically screened these days but is only usually done if there is a family history. That can lead to lifelong monitoring but little can be done to prevent symptoms should the condition develop.
If symptoms do develop as in Lockyer’s case, then a defibrillator is fitted nowadays which will shock the heart back into normal rhythm. Life should be lived as normal.

I have three sons all of whom have been screened positive for the fucked up gene. They got it from the Norfolk maternal side of the family which explains a lot.

It is vital that society has more defibrillator units installed in public places and in particular in locations where sports are played so that individuals who collapse can be swiftly brought around.

Incidentally, the doctors don’t advise any of my lads to pack up sports. One is a keen footballer having been on Blackpool’s youth team many years ago and another is currently a marathon runner. Scares me shitless though.
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I used to work with a bloke who had this sudden death condition.
He only found out by accident, investigating his family tree, he noticed a worrying pattern of relatives dying quite young from heart problems.
He went to the Doctors and tests proved he had this gene. 1 of the 2 sons also had it. They fitted him with a pacemaker which had saved him on a few occasions. The main issue was having to replace the pacemaker and batteries after so long, but I believe you can now get a type that charges like a docking station.
Definitely a case of ignorance is not bliss.
 
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