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My daughter has just been diagnosed with this syndrome; she was in for some labs and this was found by “accident’ with an EKG as she has had no symptoms..
We are awaiting an appt. with a pediatric cardiologist which we cannot see until late May. I know this is really a question for the doctor, but wondered if there was either anyone on YA who is a cardiology nurse or a patient with this syndrome who can answer…
My daughter is a dancer – and on her high school dance team. Do you think this condition will prohibit her from continuing dance?
This will just be devasting news to her – and I guess I am just trying to prepare myself and her emotionally for this setback. (Of course her health comes first, but this will be a hard thing for her to accept.)
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Question About Physical Activity And Wolff Parkinson White Syndrome?
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Most cases of Wolff Parkinson White Syndrome do not limit activities. This is because the normal conduction pathway function better with exercise so that the abnormal conduction pathway in Wolff Parkinson White Syndrome may not even manifest during exercise. Moreover Wolff Parkinson White Syndrome can be cured by radiofrequency ablation, a procedure done under local anaesthesia. But whether your daughter actually requires any such treatment at all, can be decided only by your doctor as she is totally asymptomatic.
I don’t know what you were told about this disease yet, but it involves an abnormal electrical pathway in the heart that can produce an abnormal fast heart rate which can at times be so fast that it is life-threatening. The cure rate is very high once that abnormal pathway is removed. Your daughter should put off any kind of strenuous exercise until your doctor has treated her completely and has told her she can go ahead with her usualy activities.