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John 'JBL' Layfield is currently recovering in hospital after nearly dying yesterday.
Layfield and his team were climbing Mt. Elbrus (Russia) went they were caught by sudden and violent snow storm. The entire group were thrown off the mountain. Layfield has been suffering from frostbite and hypoxia since.
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Frostbite - Frost bite is a condition which restricts or stops blood flow. Cold conditions cause the body to regulate blood flow so that the major organs in the center of the body are kept warm. This means that extremities like fingers and toes are most at risk. In even colder conditions, lower legs, lower arms and even the head are at risk. Prolonged exposure to frost bite will cause these body parts to die, meaning that they may have to be amputated. Reduced blood flow to the brain could result in brain damage if the problem is not fixed quickly enough.
Hypoxia - Hypoxia is a condition when your body has not had enough oxygen. Obviously, complete lack of oxygen will lead to death in minutes. Reduced oxygen can cause damage to internal organs, even leading to brain damage. This can also lead to death, but would be a prolonged and very painful process.
In both cases, if the patient is treated quickly enough, it is possible for them to recover quickly with no side effects. The usual treatment is get the patient into a warm and dry location, encouraging them to heat up steadily, but not rapidly. They must keep moving their knees, ankles, fingers, toes, elbows, head and penis (I know!) to combat frost bite.
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Layfield and his team were participating in the 'Seven Summits Challenge'. The plan was to climb each of the largest land-based mountains in each continent to raise money for charities. The WWE had been sponsoring the expedition, in exchange for Layfield leaving a WWE flag at the top of each mountain.
There is no word yet if the challenge will still go ahead. Obviously, it will not continue until all group members have made a full recovery. There is no mention of any illnesses or injuries suffered by other members of the team, however they were involved in the accident too.
Just before the trek, Layfield tweeted, "Bad weather but suppose to get worse so.... GameTime!! Gonna be very cold and wet, see u in about 16 hours after I reach top of Europe!"
But a mere 14 hours later, he made this startling announcement. "Got hypoxia and was fighting frostbite, still made it to 1,000 feet of summit then huge storm pushed us off mountain. Lucky to be alive."
He provided this update this afternoon, "all is good frostbite is fine and hypoxia symptoms left when I got off mountain."
Since retiring from the WWE, Layfield moved to the Bermuda, where he has been actively involved with various charities and social development outreach. Layfield was also planning to be involved with the 1,000th episode of Raw, and claimed that he would be making a "proper return" to the WWE "in the very near future".
Layfield and his team were climbing Mt. Elbrus (Russia) went they were caught by sudden and violent snow storm. The entire group were thrown off the mountain. Layfield has been suffering from frostbite and hypoxia since.
<div class='spoiler_toggle'>What is 'frostbite' and 'hypoxia'?</div><div class="spoiler" style="display:none;">
Frostbite - Frost bite is a condition which restricts or stops blood flow. Cold conditions cause the body to regulate blood flow so that the major organs in the center of the body are kept warm. This means that extremities like fingers and toes are most at risk. In even colder conditions, lower legs, lower arms and even the head are at risk. Prolonged exposure to frost bite will cause these body parts to die, meaning that they may have to be amputated. Reduced blood flow to the brain could result in brain damage if the problem is not fixed quickly enough.
Hypoxia - Hypoxia is a condition when your body has not had enough oxygen. Obviously, complete lack of oxygen will lead to death in minutes. Reduced oxygen can cause damage to internal organs, even leading to brain damage. This can also lead to death, but would be a prolonged and very painful process.
In both cases, if the patient is treated quickly enough, it is possible for them to recover quickly with no side effects. The usual treatment is get the patient into a warm and dry location, encouraging them to heat up steadily, but not rapidly. They must keep moving their knees, ankles, fingers, toes, elbows, head and penis (I know!) to combat frost bite.
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Layfield and his team were participating in the 'Seven Summits Challenge'. The plan was to climb each of the largest land-based mountains in each continent to raise money for charities. The WWE had been sponsoring the expedition, in exchange for Layfield leaving a WWE flag at the top of each mountain.
There is no word yet if the challenge will still go ahead. Obviously, it will not continue until all group members have made a full recovery. There is no mention of any illnesses or injuries suffered by other members of the team, however they were involved in the accident too.
Just before the trek, Layfield tweeted, "Bad weather but suppose to get worse so.... GameTime!! Gonna be very cold and wet, see u in about 16 hours after I reach top of Europe!"
But a mere 14 hours later, he made this startling announcement. "Got hypoxia and was fighting frostbite, still made it to 1,000 feet of summit then huge storm pushed us off mountain. Lucky to be alive."
He provided this update this afternoon, "all is good frostbite is fine and hypoxia symptoms left when I got off mountain."
Since retiring from the WWE, Layfield moved to the Bermuda, where he has been actively involved with various charities and social development outreach. Layfield was also planning to be involved with the 1,000th episode of Raw, and claimed that he would be making a "proper return" to the WWE "in the very near future".
