Wolff-Parkinson-White Syndrome: Symptoms and Treatments

-Techniques of putting very cold -water on your face

“Tek-niks of pu-ting veri kold wo-ter on yor feis”

-If these techniques do not work, -you may need:

“If diz tek-niks do not werk, yu may nid:”

-an injection of medicine into a vein -to reset your heart rhythm

“an in-yek-shon of med-i-sin in-to a vein to ri-set yor jart ri-zum”

-a procedure that uses electricity -to reset your heart rhythm 

-(electrical cardioversion)

“a pro-si-jer dat yu-zes e-lek-tri-si-ti to ri-set yor jart ri-zum (e-lek-tri-cal car-dio-ver-shon)”

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-Treatment to prevent symptoms

“Trit-ment to pri-vent simp-toms”

-If you keep getting symptoms or if -you’re at risk of having a very fast -heartbeat that becomes life

-threatening, you may be offered -treatment to prevent symptoms.

“If yu kip ge-ting simp-toms or if yoor at risk of ja-ving a veri fast jart-bit dat bi-kams laif-tre-teniŋ, yu may bi of-erd trit-ment to pri-vent simp-toms”

-The main treatment is a procedure -to burn or freeze a small section -of your heart (cardiac ablation).

“De main trit-ment is a pro-si-jer to bern or friiz a smol sek-shon of yor jart (car-diac ab-lay-shon)”

-This usually works well to stop you -having symptoms.

“Dis yu-zu-ali werks wel to stop yu ha-ving simp-toms”

-Your doctor may advise you to -avoid things that could trigger -your symptoms, such as alcohol, -caffeine or intense exercise.

“Yor dok-ter may ad-vaiz yu to a-void things dat could tri-ger yor simp-toms, such as al-co-hol, ca-fi-in or in-tens ek-ser-saiz”

-Other treatments you might be -offered include medicines to help -control your heart rate.

“O-der trit-ments yu mait bi of-erd in-klud med-i-sins to jelp con-trol yor jart reit”

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-Causes of Wolff-Parkinson-White -syndrome

“Ko-zes of Wulf-Parkin-son-Uait sin-drohm”

-Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome -happens when you’re born with a -problem with the electrical -connections in your heart.

“Wulf-Parkin-son-Uait sin-drohm hap-pens wen yoor born wit a pro-blem wit de e-lek-tri-cal co-nek-shons in yor jart”

-Usually this happens by chance.

“Yu-zu-ali dis hap-pens bai chans”

-In rare cases it’s passed on from a -parent to a child (inherited).

“In rehr ka-ses its past on from a pa-rent to a chaild (in-je-ri-ted)”

-It’s more common in men and in -people with other heart -conditions.

“Its mor co-mon in men and in pee-pel wit o-der jart con-di-shons”

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-Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome -is a heart condition that can cause -tachycardia (a fast heart rate)

“Wulf-Parkin-son-Uait sin-drohm is a jart con-di-shon dat can cozz ta-ki-car-dia (a fast jart reit)”

-It is generally not serious, but if -symptoms affect your daily life, -treatment may be needed.

“It is jé-ne-ral-i not si-ri-us, bat if simp-toms a-fect yor dei-li laif, trit-ment may bi ni-ded”

-Symptoms of Wolff-Parkinson

-White syndrome

“Simp-toms of Wulf-Parkin-son-Uait sin-drohm”