Harvin collapses (1 Viewer)

[BeTheMatch]

Percy Harvin, who has suffered from severe migraines, was seen talking to head athletic trainer Eric Sugarman, then jogged onto the field to watch practice. A few minutes later, Harvin vomited and fell to the ground.

Vikings wide receiver Percy Harvin collapsed at the team’s Winter Park facility Thursday while watching practice and was loaded into an ambulance.

Harvin, who has suffered from severe migraines, was not on the field for the start of practice. He was seen talking to head athletic trainer Eric Sugarman outside the locker room at Winter Park and then jogged onto the field to watch practice. A few minutes later, Harvin vomited and then fell to the ground.

Practice continued as the team’s medical staff tended to him. After about 10 minutes, a police car and ambulance from the Hennepin County Medical Center arrived and EMTs tended to Harvin as practice stopped and players watched.

Harvin missed two weeks of training camp while dealing with migraines after the death of his grandmother. Harvin has suffered from severe migraines since he was 10. He missed a number of practices and one game last season, his rookie season, while dealing with them. Harvin said the severe effects include vomiting and loss of vision.

Harvin was scheduled to talk to reporters Thursday for the first time since he left training camp in Mankato on Aug. 1. The team held a prayer on the field while he was worked on by EMTs inside the ambulance.

 

[bicycle_seat_sniffer]

wow

 

[njherdfan]

That doesn't sound good. I don't know anything about this, but are those normal migraine symptoms, and the ambulance is likely precautionary, or does this sound like something else?

 

[BeTheMatch]

That doesn't sound good. I don't know anything about this, but are those normal migraine symptoms, and the ambulance is likely precautionary, or does this sound like something else?

I've thrown up from migraines probably 75 percent of the time that I've had them. My guess is that the ambulance is precautionary. There's no heat issues at all today with the weather - I would be more worried if it was something like that.

 

[Jayrod]

That doesn't sound good. I don't know anything about this, but are those normal migraine symptoms, and the ambulance is likely precautionary, or does this sound like something else?

I've had them and they hit you like a ton of bricks...light hurts your eyes, extreme naseau, and intense pain...they are no joke.But I've never heard of someone having them with the frequency that he does. That is like a nightmare. It almost sounds more like cluster headaches with that kind of frequency.

 

[joffer]

can't imagine having to live with this.

 

[sho nuff]

Man...hope he is ok...that crap sucks for such a talented player.

 

[24seven]

man..hope is he ok...that crap sucks for anyone

 

[kremenull]

I guess this puts into perspective when a guy is failing to report who is really dealing with an offseason issue (Harvin) as opposed to a guy just trying to be an attention-who*e (Favre).

I'm praying for the guy.....OMG! Have Mercy on Percy!

 

[MongoL3]

This guy needs to retire already, what a mess...

 

[John 14:6]

This guy needs to retire already, what a mess...

Do you think the migraines will lessen if he stops playing football?

 

[Clifford]

Wow, hope he's ok. Does sound consistent with really severe migraines.

 

[MongoL3]

This guy needs to retire already, what a mess...

Do you think the migraines will lessen if he stops playing football?

I would imagine so, I doubt taking hits to the head daily is helping him....

 

[Casting Couch]

This guy needs to retire already, what a mess...

Do you think the migraines will lessen if he stops playing football?

I would imagine so, I doubt taking hits to the head daily is helping him....

Retirement would absolutely help Percy for the simple reason stated above. I own him in two of my leagues, and I wouldn't be surprised at all if his condition forced him to walk away from the game.

 

[kip stabone]

Scary stuff. I'm sure the Vikings are extra sensitive to this after Korey Stringer. Sounds like different situations but worrisome nonetheless.

 

[Jayrod]

This guy needs to retire already, what a mess...

Do you think the migraines will lessen if he stops playing football?

I would imagine so, I doubt taking hits to the head daily is helping him....

There is really no known cause for migranes. They don't seem to be trauma induced.

 

[Chaka]

This guy needs to retire already, what a mess...

Do you think the migraines will lessen if he stops playing football?

I would imagine so, I doubt taking hits to the head daily is helping him....

There is really no known cause for migranes. They don't seem to be trauma induced.

Repeatedly hitting yourself in the head is a bad idea for anyone let alone a migraineur.

 

[Sabertooth]

Hope he's ok.

 

[faux_bear]

This guy needs to retire already, what a mess...

Do you think the migraines will lessen if he stops playing football?

I would imagine so, I doubt taking hits to the head daily is helping him....

There is really no known cause for migranes. They don't seem to be trauma induced.

Repeatedly hitting yourself in the head is a bad idea for anyone let alone a migraineur.

lol at "migraineur"/laughterresume heart going out to Percy and wishing him the best

 

[BeTheMatch]

more info:

He came out for special teams practice and started having problems when he looked into sky catching punt.

Vikings coach Brad Childress on Harvin's migraines: "That one hit and it hit hard. Always scary for all of our guys when you see teammates struggling."

Childress added that Harvin was "trembling" as he lay on the field. He said this is second time Harvin has been taken to hospital because of migraines.

Practice continued as the team’s medical staff tended to him. After about 10 minutes, a police car and ambulance from the Hennepin County Medical Center arrived and EMTs tended to Harvin as practice stopped and players watched.

The team did 10 plays while Harvin was in ambulance and then ended practice early. Players obviously were concerned coming off field.

 

[ConstruxBoy]

This guy needs to retire already, what a mess...

Do you think the migraines will lessen if he stops playing football?

I may be talking out of my ###, but I believe that a good "coping strategy" for migraines is marijuana use and obviously he can't use it as a NFL player like he could (albeit illegally) as a private citizen.

 

[John 14:6]

This guy needs to retire already, what a mess...

Do you think the migraines will lessen if he stops playing football?

I would imagine so, I doubt taking hits to the head daily is helping him....

There is really no known cause for migranes. They don't seem to be trauma induced.

Repeatedly hitting yourself in the head is a bad idea for anyone let alone a migraineur.

I don't think he's taking that many shots to the head, at least not as many as QBs seem to take...

 

[fatness]

Vikings coach Brad Childress on Harvin's migraines: "That one hit and it hit hard. Always scary for all of our guys when you see teammates struggling."

Childress added that Harvin was "trembling" as he lay on the field. He said this is second time Harvin has been taken to hospital because of migraines.

Practice continued as the team’s medical staff tended to him. After about 10 minutes, a police car and ambulance from the Hennepin County Medical Center arrived and EMTs tended to Harvin as practice stopped and players watched.

The team did 10 plays while Harvin was in ambulance and then ended practice early. Players obviously were concerned coming off field.

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[unckeyherb]

That doesn't sound good. I don't know anything about this, but are those normal migraine symptoms, and the ambulance is likely precautionary, or does this sound like something else?

I've had them and they hit you like a ton of bricks...light hurts your eyes, extreme naseau, and intense pain...they are no joke.But I've never heard of someone having them with the frequency that he does. That is like a nightmare. It almost sounds more like cluster headaches with that kind of frequency.

My mother routinely gets them with as much frequency or more. I can remember having to drive her to hospital many years ago every few days for more than a year. Completely debilitating, no known cause, no known cure. Its a real curse. The symptoms he displayed; vomiting, falling to the ground are pretty typical (at least in extreme cases-I am assuming my mother's is extreme). Hope he can pull it all together. For the poster suggesting that he should retire, no joke that probably won't have any impact on the severity or quantity. Its counterintuitive to think that removing tons of physical exertion and massive hits from your life would result in no change in the amount of headaches you get, but Migraines are a fickle thing. They can be set off by anything (smell of garlic, bright light, buzzing sounds as faint as flourescent bulbs) and things that help such as caffeine can also be a cause and vice versa. very tough.ETA: Edited to note that I am in no way medically qualified to comment on this stuff, other than I grew up with someone that suffered (and still does) with them all her life.

 

[Tau837]

That doesn't sound good. I don't know anything about this, but are those normal migraine symptoms, and the ambulance is likely precautionary, or does this sound like something else?

I've had them and they hit you like a ton of bricks...light hurts your eyes, extreme naseau, and intense pain...they are no joke.But I've never heard of someone having them with the frequency that he does. That is like a nightmare. It almost sounds more like cluster headaches with that kind of frequency.

I had them a few times per week for about a year or so when I was in middle school. Fortunately, they stopped about as suddenly as they started. It was indeed a nightmare. I had all kinds of tests run but all were inconclusive. I don't know what cluster headaches are, so maybe that's what I had.

 

[kremenull]

This guy needs to retire already, what a mess...

Do you think the migraines will lessen if he stops playing football?

I may be talking out of my ###, but I believe that a good "coping strategy" for migraines is marijuana use and obviously he can't use it as a NFL player like he could (albeit illegally) as a private citizen.

What do you mean illegally? Other states don't have medicinal (prescription) marijuana like in California? Another reason to love/hate us out in the good 'ol Golden State..... ETA: I don't inhale personally.......

 

[faux_bear]

I wonder if they're getting worse with age, because I never really heard of this being an issue when he was playing at UF.

 

[saintfool]

I wonder if they're getting worse with age, because I never really heard of this being an issue when he was playing at UF.

iirc, the intensity of the migraines increases as you get older. however, the frequency of them decreases.

 

[delusional]

someone needs to get some prescription weed.

 

[Zane Hunt]

What do you mean illegally? Other states don't have medicinal (prescription) marijuana like in California? Another reason to love/hate us out in the good 'ol Golden State.....

There are currently 14 states + DC that have legalized it for medicinal usage. Minnesota is NOT ones of those states however.

As somebody who has dealt with migraines and vertigo over the years, I feel for Percy and hope he can pull it together.

 

[ConstruxBoy]

I wonder if they're getting worse with age, because I never really heard of this being an issue when he was playing at UF.

But you heard of the positive test for marijuana, right?

 

[Concept Coop]

I wonder if they're getting worse with age, because I never really heard of this being an issue when he was playing at UF.

It was an issue at UF too. I know he missed at least one game due to a migrane.

 

[wombat104]

Scary stuff. I'm sure the Vikings are extra sensitive to this after Korey Stringer. Sounds like different situations but worrisome nonetheless.

Not so sure, didn't the Vikes issue him a letter demanding he return to camp?

 

[Maik Jeaunz]

I've had some pretty tough migraines where any light or sound was extremely painful, but never had the nausea. I feel terrible for this kid. hope they find some kind of treatment for him and all migraine sufferers.

 

[FunkyPlutos]

TwoDeep probably thinks it's just another ploy to miss practice.

 

[Go deep]

I know one thing, if Weed stopped those headaches, i dont care what the consequences were, i would smoke it. I dont get migranes, thank god, i cant handle a regular little headache.

 

[JMJ]

I was on adult medication for migraine headaches from the age of 3 through about 12. The doctors told my mother when I hit puberty I should grow out of them. Low and behold, I did. No clue how or why that is, but thankfully it worked.

When I get a headache now it worse than the average headache, but I no longer get them regularly or with insane intensity. Definitely feel for Percy and wish him the best. They are brutal.

 

[Chaka]

Repeatedly hitting yourself in the head is a bad idea for anyone let alone a migraineur.

lol at "migraineur"/laughterresume heart going out to Percy and wishing him the best

It is the correct terminology. You should trust me on this.

 

[pretender]

Percy Harvin Collapses; Taken to Hospital --

ESPN reports Minnesota Vikings WR Percy Harvin left the practice field in an ambulance early Thursday afternoon after having what HC Brad Childress described as an "episode" related to his chronic migraine headaches. According to Childress, the incident started during a pre-practice special teams session, when Harvin looked into the sky to see a punt, experienced a migraine and went inside for a time. "Came back out and had an episode," Childress said. "I don't know how to classify it. Not really a seizure, but he had some trouble over here. I'd be remiss if I try to qualify it one way or the other." Harvin went down on all fours shortly after returning to the practice field around 12:10 p.m. and appeared unstable. By 12:20, Harvin was flat on his back as team doctors and trainers surrounded him to provide treatment. An EMT soon arrived and players -- practice had stopped after the installation period, leaving running backs and tight ends on one field wit h Harvin and the rest of the team on another -- formed a human wall to shield the scene from reporters. "As we say, those things can be debilitating," Childress said. "Obviously, that one hit and it hit hard, and it's always scary for all of our guys when you see a teammate struggling with whatever." Childress said Harvin was trembling, disoriented and for a time was "a little bit unresponsive."

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Just a little more detail

 

[Chaka]

I wonder if they're getting worse with age, because I never really heard of this being an issue when he was playing at UF.

iirc, the intensity of the migraines increases as you get older. however, the frequency of them decreases.

Generally speaking both frequency and intensity decrease as you get older. Typically they peak from mid-teens to mid-twenties.

 

[Birdie048]

That doesn't sound good. I don't know anything about this, but are those normal migraine symptoms, and the ambulance is likely precautionary, or does this sound like something else?

I've had them and they hit you like a ton of bricks...light hurts your eyes, extreme naseau, and intense pain...they are no joke.But I've never heard of someone having them with the frequency that he does. That is like a nightmare. It almost sounds more like cluster headaches with that kind of frequency.

I hope he recovers. Not a pleasant experience for anybody. CLUSTER HEADACHES!

My thoughts exactly.....I was diagnosed with those a few years ago.... CT Scan, MRI, and blood work came back negative for any underlying cause.

For as strange as it sounds, it was artificial sweeteners that did it to me. There is some process where they breakdown to form Formadehyde in your body and when it gets to my head, it's "lights out"! I am hypersensitive to it. Not too unusual according to my neurologist.

It took almost a year of testing to reach this hypothesis.... not a real conclusion as they are not sure.... But to this day, I avoid any and all artificial sweeteners. No migranes or cluster headaches since.

 

[saintfool]

I wonder if they're getting worse with age, because I never really heard of this being an issue when he was playing at UF.

iirc, the intensity of the migraines increases as you get older. however, the frequency of them decreases.

Generally speaking both frequency and intensity decrease as you get older. Typically they peak from mid-teens to mid-twenties.

not that it matters in the case of harvin but i'm 40 and have been suffering from migraines since my early 20's. i'm pretty sure my doctor advised me on this as i described it.

 

[saintfool]

I've had some pretty tough migraines where any light or sound was extremely painful, but never had the nausea. I feel terrible for this kid. hope they find some kind of treatment for him and all migraine sufferers.

for me, with my migraines, i get terrible nausea. it can last for hours. vomiting usually helps with my recovery.

 

[Chaka]

I wonder if they're getting worse with age, because I never really heard of this being an issue when he was playing at UF.

iirc, the intensity of the migraines increases as you get older. however, the frequency of them decreases.

Generally speaking both frequency and intensity decrease as you get older. Typically they peak from mid-teens to mid-twenties.

not that it matters in the case of harvin but i'm 40 and have been suffering from migraines since my early 20's. i'm pretty sure my doctor advised me on this as i described it.

I am sorry for your condition. It's an extremely complicated and poorly understood disorder.I am afraid that true relief for sufferers is a long way off.

 

[netnalp]

I saw a show on national geographic that showed using O2 to treat cluster headaches, worked for some but for others it took several tanks of o2 before the headache subsided. Those with the more severe cases were prescribed marijuana, and hadn't had head aches with it.

 

[Spike]

Not joking here:

I wonder if, between Harvin (migraines) and Rice (hip) if Favre isn't second-guessing his decision?

 

[Warrior]

This guy needs to retire already, what a mess...

Do you think the migraines will lessen if he stops playing football?

I would imagine so, I doubt taking hits to the head daily is helping him....

There is really no known cause for migranes. They don't seem to be trauma induced.

Repeatedly hitting yourself in the head is a bad idea for anyone let alone a migraineur.

NO MORE FOOTBALL IT'S DANGEROUS!!1!

 

[Donsmith753]

Imagine this had happened opening night, live on Tv. Still such a shame.

 

[blend]

Assuming he could smoke down with a prescription, would the NFL still suspend him for a positive test?

 

[CravenM]

Assuming he could smoke down with a prescription, would the NFL still suspend him for a positive test?

I read a similar themed article about companies and unions who test for Marijuana in California might have to re-think their position as medical weed is legal and recreational isn't far behind.Almost like testing for alcohol or smoking, there's a right to privacy issue versus performance in the workplace issue. For example, a crane operator wouldn't do well to be hitting the bottle during work yet doing it at night is no big deal.Much like golf being forced by the Supreme Court to allow Casey Martin to use a cart during tournaments because of the Americans with Disabilities Act, I could foresee a case like that where medical marijuana is forcibly allowed with a prescription.No doubt, 80% of the rest of the NFL players will suddenly contract migraines also