In which red blood cells would be extracted, concentrated, and stored under cold temperatures.
These cells carry the oxygen from the lungs to the muscles, more cells mean more athletic capacity. There is two type of blood doping, homologous and autologous. Homologous doping is the one which you get the blood from a donor and the autologous is your own blood.
Blood doping of both types can be very dangerous. There are risks of infections, heart attacks, liver failure and stroke and etc. After finding these side effects, blood doping was outlawed in 1986.
Whats interesting is this; in 1993 blooding doping was being used in military sector but instead they called it blood loading. Military scientists noted that soldiers alertness increased after infusing blood to them. This process is used by the US special forces, in which they would infuse the blood 24 hours before a mission. In 1998 Australian forces approved this technique as well.
What I don't get is this; athletic players in general get penalized or even lose their careers if they are under any drugs or steroids (anything that can affect their performance). Because they think of it as cheating and not fair to other players which they are competing against. But what makes it okay in the case of military use? since its still not fair to the other soldiers and not to forget the negative health effects it can cause.
PS: US cycling team at the 1984 Olympics employed blood doping.
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