{"id":347622,"date":"2026-03-19T16:59:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T16:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/347622\/"},"modified":"2026-03-19T16:59:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T16:59:07","slug":"health-authority-reporting-increase-in-exercise-induced-illness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/347622\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Authority Reporting Increase in Exercise-Induced Illness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t&#13;<\/p>\n<p>Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services is reporting an increase in cases of exercise-induced illness.<\/p>\n<p>Rhabdomyolysis, or rhabdo, is caused by intense exercise.<\/p>\n<p>Overexertion can cause muscle cells to leak into the bloodstream which can lead to kidney failure and can be fatal if not treated.<\/p>\n<p>NL Health Services is reporting 50 cases of the condition in the eastern-urban zone since October 1.<\/p>\n<p>Symptoms include severe muscle pain, weak or swollen muscles and urine that resembles the colour of steeped tea.<\/p>\n<p>While physical activity is vital for health and well-being, any intense exercise should be done carefully with ample time set aside to rest afterwards. <\/p>\n<p>Anyone with symptoms of rhabdo should proceed to the emergency room or urgent care clinic as soon as possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services is reporting an increase in cases of exercise-induced illness. Rhabdomyolysis, or rhabdo,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":347623,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[589,163,85,46],"class_list":["post-347622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fitness","tag-fitness","tag-health","tag-il","tag-israel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347622\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}