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Heart Attacks from Shoveling Snow Over/Under
Posted on 1/19/25 at 7:29 pm
Posted on 1/19/25 at 7:29 pm
Let it melt.
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Posted on 1/19/25 at 7:33 pm to Woolfpack
Heart attacks are not funny........
Posted on 1/19/25 at 7:34 pm to Woolfpack
I'm kind of busy. Can't read all of this ATM.
Gonna bookmark and finish in the morning.
Gonna bookmark and finish in the morning.
Posted on 1/19/25 at 7:36 pm to LCA131
I have felt like I've come close to having a heart attack a few times.
Posted on 1/19/25 at 7:37 pm to Woolfpack
Ummm, we do let it melt in the south baw
Posted on 1/19/25 at 7:41 pm to Woolfpack
I had to shovel snow out of my driveway after Shreveport’s Snowmageddon four years ago. That crap was no joke. Now granted I was using a spade shovel, but I can’t imagine shoveling snow on a regular basis.
Posted on 1/19/25 at 7:43 pm to Lowdermilk
The cold causes blood vessels to contract. This can raise your blood pressure and increase your risk of heart attack and stroke. Angina, or chest pain due to coronary heart disease, can also worsen in winter when coronary arteries constrict in the cold.
One study showed that from 1990 to 2006, about 195,000 people in the United States were treated in emergency rooms for injuries and medical emergencies from snow shoveling. Of those, 6.7 percent were cardiac related, including all 1,647 deaths.
One study showed that from 1990 to 2006, about 195,000 people in the United States were treated in emergency rooms for injuries and medical emergencies from snow shoveling. Of those, 6.7 percent were cardiac related, including all 1,647 deaths.
Posted on 1/19/25 at 7:46 pm to Eightballjacket
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but I can’t imagine shoveling snow on a regular basis.
When we moved up here, I shoveled once. My wife (no pics), Lord love her, watched me from the living room window, and was one the phone within the hour to our local Ace Hardware, ordering a snow blower.
Posted on 1/19/25 at 7:46 pm to Woolfpack
As a survivor of heart attacks I can tell you shoveling is rough on the cardio system. Just leave it be.
Posted on 1/19/25 at 7:49 pm to jeffsdad
Lived that life for a few years as a younger man. It's miserable f'ing work
Posted on 1/19/25 at 7:53 pm to Woolfpack
The cold makes you more prone to injury when your old.
Seriously just let it melt. We just had a foot which stayed on the ground a week. Rock salt was a solid investment. Steps, sidewalk and drive all melted without a shovel. I used a seed spreader to precoat our gravel drive and it worked very well.
Seriously just let it melt. We just had a foot which stayed on the ground a week. Rock salt was a solid investment. Steps, sidewalk and drive all melted without a shovel. I used a seed spreader to precoat our gravel drive and it worked very well.
Posted on 1/19/25 at 7:55 pm to Woolfpack
One of my papaws died of a heart attack while shoveling snow in April in KY back in the 80s.
Use salt to keep your steps from freezing or let it melt.
Use salt to keep your steps from freezing or let it melt.
Posted on 1/19/25 at 8:01 pm to Woolfpack
Catecholamine levels are high upon waking, vessels constrict. Shovel snow. Blood flow needed but restricted = heart attack. Happens tons of time every year.
Posted on 1/19/25 at 8:22 pm to POTUS2024
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Catecholamine levels are high upon waking, vessels constrict. Shovel snow. Blood flow needed but restricted = heart attack. Happens tons of time every year.
Wouldn’t this apply to any strenuous activity in the cold? Not just shoveling snow?
Posted on 1/19/25 at 8:32 pm to Woolfpack
Gotta blame the clot shot on something else lol
Posted on 1/19/25 at 8:52 pm to Chef Curry
Probably but theres something about shoveling snow.
Posted on 1/19/25 at 9:14 pm to Woolfpack
Just as many people die beating off in the snow. The media just doesn't report it.
Posted on 1/19/25 at 9:15 pm to Woolfpack
Don’t be fat
Posted on 1/19/25 at 9:16 pm to deeprig9
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Just as many people die beating off in the snow. The media just doesn't report it.
Damn. Coulda been me.
Makes you think.
Posted on 1/19/25 at 9:17 pm to deeprig9
quote:I can barely go from 6 to midnight with some good snow
Just as many people die beating off in the snow.
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