After a day -to -day gallop on October 31, 2023, the practical movement of the American horse riding crashed and died. One nephrope – equivalent to human autopsy – suggested sudden heart death.
More than a decade ago, on March 17, 2012, Bolton footballer Fabrice Moamba fell in a 41 -minute game in a FA Cup television match. His heart was stopped because of the sudden heart standing.
For 78 minutes, Moha was clinically dead. He was resuscitated after 15 anti-beatings and later equipped with a heart-impaired cardiolet fibrillers that control the heart rhythm and creates shocks in the event of a dangerous arrhythmia.
The story of Mumbai became a global attention as Christine Ericsen’s collapse during the Euro 2020. But for every elite athlete whose sudden heart accident causes numerous titles – whether human or animal – that without a camera, cover or respond.
Horses suffer many heart -like conditions, including arrhythmia and sudden cardiac arrest. Like elite athletes, they restrict their cardiovascular systems to the limit. Their extraordinary physiology makes them a unique and used pattern used to study how heart function – and sometimes failure – under severe physical stress.
If we are serious about improving health results among the species, we must reconsider the artificial division of animal and human medicines. This is where a health, a medical program enters.
This approach recognizes that human health, animals and the environment are deeply intertwined. This calls for cooperation between physicians, veterinarians, scientists, policymakers and environmental experts to address shared challenges – from zonotic epidemic and antimicrobial resistance to chronic disease.
While it is often associated with infectious threats such as chicken influenza or COVID-19, a health in dealing with non-communicable diseases (which cannot be transmitted from person to person) is as critical as it is now the main cause of death and disability around the world.
In essence, a health begins with a simple idea: humans and animals share the same biological systems. Studying one helps us to understand the other better. And when it comes to cardiovascular health, racing racing offers a powerful sample of the reason.
From stable to surgery
As a cardiac electrophysiologist – a specialist in human and animal electrical activity – I see things that horses are collapsing every year or afterwards, potentially not diagnosed due to heart problems. The sudden death of predictive and devastating sports is very difficult during the strike-not only for horses and their assistants but for the widespread competition world.
Along with my research team, I am trying to identify delicate electric abnormalities in the horse’s heart that can act as initial warning signs. Our goal is to figure out what causes these sudden heart events – and ultimately, predicting what horses are at risk.
And this research can save John. Not just horses.
What we learn from the hearts of the horse can help change human health – especially in athletes or others under severe cardiovascular stress. If we can identify, manage and prevent rhythm disorder in high -performance horses, we may find new ways to prevent sudden heart standing in people.
Unlike many laboratory animals, horses share heart anatomy and disease patterns that mirror ourselves closely. Their ability to change resting heart rate to at least 20 beats per minute to more than 200 during pressure offers a natural model of severe heart adaptation.
And the benefits of horse research are far beyond the heart.
Horse physiology studies also provide insights on bowel health, immune response and metabolism. As an animal – species that have evolved to survive from hunting – horses are perfectly proportional to their environment. Their survival has long been dependent on their ability to detect and respond rapidly to potential threats, which has led to a very sensitive nervous system.
This increased reaction expands to their digestive tract and makes them especially vulnerable to stress -related bowel problems. Environmental changes, emotional distress and social disorder can all cause gastrointestinal problems in horses, including colic and stomach ulcers.
Due to this sensitivity, horses have appeared as an amazing pattern for the study of intestinal-brain-brain-based communication network between the gastrointestinal tract and the brain. They also have a insight into how chronic stress and inflammation can affect prolonged health, with potential applications not only in the care of veterinary medicine but also in understanding human conditions such as irritable bowel syndrome, anxiety and depression.
When we invest in horse health, we just don’t help animals. We are expanding what is in human medicine as well.
Break the silos
Cardiovascular disease, diabetes, even some cancers – these are not just human problems. They are formed by genetic, environmental and behavioral forces that cut the species.
By eliminating the silos between human and animal health, a health allows us to share knowledge, share pool data, and develop intersecting innovations that benefit us all.
Often, animal health is treated as separate health – or even secondary. This is a mistake our well -being is completely limited to the health of the animals we care and the environments we share with them.
The renewed focus on horse welfare does not only improve the results of the horses. This exacerbates our understanding of physiology, strengthens general health, and helps prevent inevitable mortality – on the way and out of the way.
If we want to reduce the risk of sudden heart death in athletes – or anyone who leads their body to its extent – we need to expand the lenses.
This means recognizing the value of research in veterinary medicine. This means turning the acetoscope toward stable. Because when a horse falls on the way, it is more than a disaster. This is a missed opportunity – understanding, preventing and saving.
Kamalan Jeevaratnam is the head of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Professor of Clinical Physiology at the University of Syria.
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