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Gastroenteritis Rates Higher in Seine Events Than in Previous Olympics
U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee chief medical officer shares international data
About 10% of athletes who competed in the triathlon or open water swimming events developed gastroenteritis, compared with about 1% to 3% of athletes in the same events in Rio de Janeiro and Tokyo, Jonathan Finnoff, DO, chief medical officer of the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee (USOPC), told MedPage Today editor-in-chief Jeremy Faust, MD, MS, in an interview. The figures come from the International Olympic Committee's injury and illness surveillance data, Finnoff said. Some athletes received antibiotics while others did not, Finnoff said, though he noted that the "severity of their symptoms and whether they have another competition or not comes into play" when deciding on treatment.
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