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Hello! ive read some research stating that you have risks of cardiogenic shock and possibly cardiac arrest if you were to do a polar plunge or jump into freezing water. what are the odds of that actually happening? would you as docs do it yourselves?
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It is well known that sudden immersion into ice cold water can cause cardiac arrest even in healthy individuals. There is also a very early occurrence of drowning from gasping and aspiration the water into the lungs.
Answered 4/12/2023
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