Country music star Ashley Cooke stunned fans when she took to social media earlier this year to reveal that she is dealing with a terrifying health issue.
The singer revealed that she has Brugada syndrome.
The Mayo Clinic says that Brugada syndrome is “a rare but potentially life-threatening heart rhythm condition that is sometimes inherited.”
It adds that people with Brugada syndrome have “an 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’s lower chambers, leading to ventricular fibrillation (v-fib) and sudden cardiac death, often occurring while at rest or asleep.”
She recently opened up about it in an interview with E! Online saying that “a lot” of people on her dad’s s