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Summary of the main mechanisms of intestinal damage caused by intense and prolonged physical exercise: thermal stress, splachnic ischemia, oxidative stress, activation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, inflammatory reactions, and immune alteration (see text) [6].
