Recently, the pickleball community shared the case of a 39-year-old man who suddenly collapsed while playing this sport. The incident occurred at a training ground in Thanh Hoa City, Thanh Hoa Province.
After playing pickleball with friends, he stopped to drink water but suddenly collapsed. Immediately after that, he was taken to the emergency room but did not survive. It is known that the man above had heart disease.
According to medical experts, regular exercise is very beneficial for health. In particular, high-intensity exercise also helps lose weight and maintain a beautiful figure. However, for people who do not participate in sports regularly or have cardiovascular disease, the risk of sudden death is high.
Most cases of sudden death when playing sports come from causes such as players having cardiovascular disease, high blood pressure, obesity, some cases of young people having structural heart disease or genetic disease.
The main cause of sudden death is often due to arrhythmia. The risk of sudden death in sports players depends not only on age but also on the sport they participate in. Many people participate in high-intensity exercise, struggling with stress or having cardiac arrest leading to sudden death.
If you have signs of chest tightness, dizziness, shortness of breath... while playing sports, immediately go to the hospital for a health check and seek advice from a specialist to avoid sudden death.
To prevent sudden death, sports participants in particular and everyone in general should be aware of going for a regular health check-up every year; choose a sport that is suitable for their health; exercise moderately and regularly every day to maintain a healthy figure and body.
