{"id":2239565,"date":"2026-01-18T11:10:06","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T11:10:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2239565"},"modified":"2026-01-18T11:10:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T11:10:06","slug":"country-music-star-battling-life-threatening-diagnosis-at-28-its-terrifying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/country-music-star-battling-life-threatening-diagnosis-at-28-its-terrifying\/","title":{"rendered":"Country music star battling life-threatening diagnosis at 28: \u2018It\u2019s terrifying\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ashley Cooke\u2019s health revelation last year had her fans sending prayers and well-wishes. <\/p>\n

The 28-year-old made the revelation on a TikTok video<\/b><\/a>. She mentioned that she was having a career year, and she did indeed find success, but \u2026 man, she really had a rough run of health-related news. That included her dropping in the nugget about a diagnosis of her own.<\/p>\n

Cooke provided more information on that in an interview with Taste of Country.<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a genetic thing called Brugada syndrome,\u201d she told the site. \u201cA lot of my family members have passed away unexpectedly, very healthy and very young, from it. So it\u2019s very scary.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Mayo Clinic says<\/b><\/a> that Brugada syndrome is \u201ca rare but potentially life-threatening heart rhythm condition that is sometimes inherited.\u201d<\/p>\n

It adds that people with Brugada syndrome have \u201can increased risk of irregular heart rhythms beginning in the lower chambers of the heart (ventricles). This disease can cause an abnormal rhythm in the heart\u2019s lower chambers, leading to ventricular fibrillation (v-fib) and sudden cardiac death, often occurring while at rest or asleep.\u201d<\/p>\n

Cooke told Taste of Country she underwent multiple EKGs to get to the diagnosis and is working with a cardiologist to try to find out more about her condition.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe crazy part is, it doesn\u2019t really impact anything about my daily life,\u201d she said. \u201cThat\u2019s the scary part about Brugada syndrome. It just feels like a ghost around you. Because there\u2019s no warning signs, no symptoms. It\u2019s just one of those things where all of a sudden one day, this certain thing in your heart can just stop, and you\u2019re just gone.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s terrifying,\u201d she added. \u201cIt doesn\u2019t impact anything that I do, or how I function, until one day, it maybe just could.\u201d<\/p>\n

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