Stories of players with allergy

With the start of Euro we have proposed meet stories about allergies or celiac disease footballers and we have met with some cases that border on science fiction.

 

This list is headed by the now former footballer David Beckham. The famous player who went through teams like Manchester United and Real Madrid unveiled at the end of his career he has suffered asthma since childhood. Beckham admitted that this condition did not prevent him lead a normal life because you used drugs regularly. Asthma is caused by inflammation of the airways, which can make breathing difficult and causes coughing, wheezing and shortness of breath.

 

Another known footballer allergy sufferer is Iker Casillas. The goalkeeper who is at Euro France are allergic to shellfish, in fact in a charity match in December 2011 called "the party of illusion", where besides footballers play actors, artists ... Given the Christmas season Casillas ate seafood that same day and time of the match came with the face completely swollen by allergic reactions. Since then the goalkeeper avoid seafood for that scene is not repeated.

 

Another story related to allergy is the footballer Edu Moya. This athlete who has played in several Spanish teams went to Bolivia between 2013 and 2014. There suffered a rhinoconjunctivitis due to dust that was in the stadium of his team. That allergy not allow him to train and play normally and his team decided to adapt a part of the field. That corner was disinfected and cleaned so that the midfielder could play normally. Allergic rhinoconjunctivitis affects the nostrils and eyes, the cause is usually hypersensitivity to various substances in the environment.

 

In this regard we find a graver than Edu Moya case. Since a French footballer, Yoan Gouffran, was diagnosed as allergic to grass. This player has the height of their profession. That allergy decrease their performance in the field according to Le Parisien revealed. Yoan how much of your allergy came when he signed for Bordeaux, even though his team won the league striker paid as expected and was largely for their allergy problems. In the end it was discovered that coughing were due to allergy to grass, pollen came to the stadium and deposited on the lawn.

 

Another player who suffered a similar story was Ivan Campo. The player who went through the Real Madrid among others, also had allergies that could harm your performance. In an interview lacasadelalergico.com he acknowledged that "I'm allergic to pollen and dust mites and notice the touch of grass, spring and summer there is pollen and leaves the new grass. It is, then, when you step a little bad, but I have a treatment that prevents me problems, "he said.

 

And as we leave the curious story of a player who was late for a workout for their allergy to cats. Mikael Forssell, Bochum player of the German second division, as each day went home to training camp. However, a cat sat on the door of his vehicle, which prevented board the car because of its strong allergy to cats. The player waited until he left to take the car, but the cat did not move and believe the club took a picture as proof.