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milestogo

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6. Wow. Had to look that up.

Reply to lapfog_1 (Reply #4)

Mon Jul 7, 2025, 11:51 AM

Jul 7

Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome is a heart condition present at birth. That means it's a congenital heart defect. People with WPW syndrome have an extra pathway for signals to travel between the heart's upper and lower chambers. This causes a fast heartbeat. Changes in the heartbeat can make it harder for the heart to work as it should.

WPW syndrome is fairly rare. Another name for it is preexcitation syndrome.

The episodes of fast heartbeats seen in Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome usually aren't life-threatening. But serious heart problems can occur. Rarely, the syndrome may lead to sudden cardiac death in children and young adults.

Treatment of WPW syndrome may include special actions, medicines, a shock to the heart or a procedure to stop the irregular heartbeats.

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/wolff-parkinson-white-syndrome/symptoms-causes/syc-20354626

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Do you ever take cold showers? [View all] milestogo Jul 7 OP

Oh, hell, no. Ocelot II Jul 7 #1

Sure do! True Dough Jul 7 #2

Only when my wife diverts the hot water to the kitchen while I am taking a hot shower mjvpi Jul 7 #3

plunging your face into ice water lapfog_1 Jul 7 #4

Wow. Had to look that up. milestogo Jul 7 #6

trust me - I know as much about WPW as some doctors lapfog_1 Jul 7 #8

Or the reverse? Sneederbunk Jul 8 #29

Oh, hell no! 3catwoman3 Jul 7 #5

I've been skiing in really cold water. It left Ilsa Jul 7 #7

I've met people who swear by it. milestogo Jul 7 #12

nope Kali999 Jul 7 #9

Not by choice C_U_L8R Jul 7 #10

Same here. debm55 Jul 7 #16

Nope EYESORE 9001 Jul 7 #11

Every night the wife suggest I take a cold shower. multigraincracker Jul 7 #13

Not unless the water heater doesn't work. But I do fill the sink with cold water and plunge my face into it. Midnight Writer Jul 7 #14

Rely on cold showers when temps are 95+ for days. quaint Jul 7 #15

" Rely on cold showers when temps are 95+ for days."... Not 95 but I take a cold shower after my morning walk. mitch96 Jul 7 #17

Can I just slap myself, really, really hard? (nt) Paladin Jul 7 #18

Will it activate your parasympathetic nervous system? milestogo Jul 7 #19

Beats the shit out of me. Paladin Jul 7 #21

nope. nope . and nope. AllaN01Bear Jul 7 #20

Lately with this blistering heat in Detroit bif Jul 7 #22

ONly as a kid before entering the swimming pool LogDog75 Jul 7 #23

No thanks, I'm too much of a wuss lol Luciferous Jul 7 #24

I slowly cool it down at the end of the shower berniesandersmittens Jul 8 #25

Summer in Texas BigMin28 Jul 8 #26

I am 71 and I have been taking two short cold showers every day for a year now cutroot Jul 8 #27

After I do the Cold Shower for long enough, can I switch it over to warm? Nictuku Jul 8 #28

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