Ariatna Lizeth Mata Esparza was working out in her local gym in Torreón, Mexico, when she suddenly collapsed while doing barbell squats, the Daily Mail reports.
Paramedics were unable to revive Esparza, who was pronounced dead at the scene, the outlet reports, with the cause of death being anoxemia — possibly due to overexertion.
“Anoxemia refers to reduced oxygen availability,” the Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology explains. “The brain is more oxygen dependent than other body organs and medial temporal lobe and limbic structures are particularly vulnerable to brain damage.”
Passing out or feeling “lightheaded” during working out can be a commonplace occurrence, according to an article from Mass General Brigham.
“When we’re exercising and we’re short of breath, which is normal, and we’re also very engaged in what we’re doing, we can sometimes neglect to really take good, deep breaths,” Caroline Schepker, DO, a sports medicine physiatrist who treats patients at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital said to Mass General Brigham.
Paramedics were unable to revive Esparza, who was pronounced dead at the scene, the outlet reports, with the cause of death being anoxemia — possibly due to overexertion.
“Anoxemia refers to reduced oxygen availability,” the Archives of Clinical Neuropsychology explains. “The brain is more oxygen dependent than other body organs and medial temporal lobe and limbic structures are particularly vulnerable to brain damage.”
Passing out or feeling “lightheaded” during working out can be a commonplace occurrence, according to an article from Mass General Brigham.
“When we’re exercising and we’re short of breath, which is normal, and we’re also very engaged in what we’re doing, we can sometimes neglect to really take good, deep breaths,” Caroline Schepker, DO, a sports medicine physiatrist who treats patients at Wentworth-Douglass Hospital said to Mass General Brigham.
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