He Minnesota United F.C. has denied that James RodriguezColombian soccer player who played in Real Madrid (2014-2020) and Vallecano Ray (2024-2025)suffer from a rare disease known as rhabdomyolysis.
The club and our medical professionals can categorically state that there is no clinical or laboratory evidence of rhabdomyolysis
The American team of the MLS had to issue a statement to clarify that the 34-year-old midfielder is not ill.
“James Rodríguez reported to the club’s training facilities on Monday, April 6, and participated in a supervised return to activity session. His return to training with the full team will follow the protocols established by the club’s medical department and will be totally conditioned by his clinical evolution. Minnesota United FC takes the health and privacy of its players very seriously. The club and our medical professionals can categorically affirm that there is no clinical or laboratory evidence of rhabdomyolysis,” he reported.
The rumor about James Rodríguez’s rhabdomyolysis: “It is a serious, potentially fatal condition”
James Rodríguez had to be hospitalized after participating with the Colombian national team in two friendlies, which sparked rumors that he was suffering from “a serious, potentially fatal condition” known as rhabdomyolysis.
“It is a serious, life-threatening condition that involves the rapid breakdown of skeletal muscle, releasing harmful proteins (myoglobin) into the blood and often causing kidney failure. The main symptoms include severe muscle pain, weakness and dark, tea-like urine,” published a American journalist (@EdgarNAG) on X (Twitter)pointing out that James had rhabdomyolysis.
The official version of the Colombian Federation was that the footballer was suffering “a stomach virus” which caused severe dehydration that forced him to be admitted to a medical center.
What is rhabdomyolysis: symptoms and treatments
‘Medline Plus’ reports that rhabdomyolysis is “the breakdown of muscle tissue that results in the release of the contents of muscle fibers into the blood. These substances are harmful to the kidney and often cause kidney damage. When muscle is damaged, a protein called myoglobin is secreted into the bloodstream. This is then filtered out of the body by the kidneys. Myoglobin is broken down into substances that can damage kidney cells. Rhabdomyolysis can be caused by injury or any other condition that causes damage to skeletal muscle.
The rhabdomyolysis symptoms include dark, red, or cola-colored urine, decreased urine output, generalized weakness, muscle stiffness or pain (myalgia), muscle tenderness, weakness of affected muscles, joint pain, seizures, or weight gain (involuntary)
He rhabdomyolysis treatment focuses on receiving fluids containing bicarbonate to help prevent kidney damage. Fluids may need to be given intravenously (IV). Some people may need kidney dialysis.