Single immersion in cold water below 4 °C: A health hazard in young healthy men?
The circulatory system plays a significant role in the adaptation of the human body to varying environmental conditions and stress factors, such as cold water immersion. The aim of the study was to determine whether a single immersion in cold water below 4 °C, at air temperature of -15 °C constitute...
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| description | The circulatory system plays a significant role in the adaptation of the human body to varying environmental conditions and stress factors, such as cold water immersion. The aim of the study was to determine whether a single immersion in cold water below 4 °C, at air temperature of -15 °C constitutes a health risk in young healthy men. For this purpose, the following parameters were determined in the blood samples collected in 13 young males before and after cold water immersion: electrolytes, renal profile, liver profile, lipid profile, glucose, testosterone, thyroid-stimulating hormone, cortisol. After the immersion, a statistically significant decrease was found for Cl- (p ≤ 0.027), mean values of renal profile indicators: urea (p = 0.0019), creatinine (p = 0.0007), and uric acid (p = 0.0293), as well as testosterone (p = 0.000037). In turn, higher values of estimated glomerular filtration rate (p = 0.0425), total bilirubin (p = 0.0033), aspartate transaminase (p = 0.0023), alanine transaminase (p = 0.0053), lactate dehydrogenase (p = 0.0336), creatine kinase (p = 0.0117), CK-MB isoenzyme of creatine kinase (p = 0.0028), and high-density lipoprotein (p = 0.0270) were measured after cold water immersion. No significant changes in other biochemical parameters were observed. Single cold water immersion thus resulted in significant changes of blood parameters within non-pathological limits. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-35ff624e49384dff8fb5638e22bcb9282025-08-20T03:48:26ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032025-01-01205e032450210.1371/journal.pone.0324502Single immersion in cold water below 4 °C: A health hazard in young healthy men?Aneta TeległówIwona CichaThe circulatory system plays a significant role in the adaptation of the human body to varying environmental conditions and stress factors, such as cold water immersion. The aim of the study was to determine whether a single immersion in cold water below 4 °C, at air temperature of -15 °C constitutes a health risk in young healthy men. For this purpose, the following parameters were determined in the blood samples collected in 13 young males before and after cold water immersion: electrolytes, renal profile, liver profile, lipid profile, glucose, testosterone, thyroid-stimulating hormone, cortisol. After the immersion, a statistically significant decrease was found for Cl- (p ≤ 0.027), mean values of renal profile indicators: urea (p = 0.0019), creatinine (p = 0.0007), and uric acid (p = 0.0293), as well as testosterone (p = 0.000037). In turn, higher values of estimated glomerular filtration rate (p = 0.0425), total bilirubin (p = 0.0033), aspartate transaminase (p = 0.0023), alanine transaminase (p = 0.0053), lactate dehydrogenase (p = 0.0336), creatine kinase (p = 0.0117), CK-MB isoenzyme of creatine kinase (p = 0.0028), and high-density lipoprotein (p = 0.0270) were measured after cold water immersion. No significant changes in other biochemical parameters were observed. Single cold water immersion thus resulted in significant changes of blood parameters within non-pathological limits.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0324502 |
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| title | Single immersion in cold water below 4 °C: A health hazard in young healthy men? |
| title_full | Single immersion in cold water below 4 °C: A health hazard in young healthy men? |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Single immersion in cold water below 4 °C: A health hazard in young healthy men? |
| title_short | Single immersion in cold water below 4 °C: A health hazard in young healthy men? |
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