Hulk Hogan of WWE fame faced multiple health issues leading up to his death

WWE superstar Hulk Hogan died on Thursday after a communicated cardiac arrest Although there has been no confirmation of what led to the fatal event the famed wrestler had allegedly been facing multiple vitality issues in the months and years before his death In an appearance on Jake Paul s IMPAULSIVE podcast in September Hogan admitted that he d had surgeries in the last years PRO WRESTLING ICON HULK HOGAN DEAD AT This included back surgeries procedures on both shoulders and knee and hip replacements on both sides Hogan called out the difference between this day s fighting rings and the dangerous equipment of the s which he described as a -foot ring with lumps and boards sticking up It was horrible he declared The equipment and jumping up and dropping the damn leg for years when I had the largest arms in the world I should ve been using The Sleeper I apparently should ve quit earlier but I just loved doing it and the money was just crazy Regardless of the physical consequences of his years in the ring Hogan stated that he has no regrets DR MARC SIEGEL THE MEDICAL AND TIMES OF HULK HOGANTMZ Sports shared in March that Hogan had undergone neck surgery to relieve pain which was a quick turnaround that required little recovery time according to a representative Earlier this month Hogan's wife Sky Daily squashed rumors on social media that her husband was in a coma following modern surgery noting in an Instagram post that his heart is strong and there was never any lack of oxygen or brain damage Daily revealed in her post that Hogan had been recovering from a major four-level anterior cervical discectomy and fusin ACDF which is an intense surgery with a long and layered healing process If you look it up you ll see what the last six weeks have involved not just for his spine but also for his vocal cords and the eating breathing tubes that are clamped over during surgery she wrote in a post We ve been in and out of the hospital to advocacy that recovery In an op-ed for Fox News Digital Dr Marc Siegel Fox News senior curative analyst shared that although Hogan will not be remembered for his fitness struggles and surgeries they certainly were present Those included his admitted steroid use in the s to multiple knee and hip replacement surgeries to shoulder and multiple back surgeries and absolutely a neck fusion operation which by numerous accounts was followed by a downhill slide in his wellness culminating in a fatal cardiac arrest the physician wrote OZZY OSBOURNE'S RARE FORM OF PARKINSON'S SPARKS QUESTIONS ABOUT LIFESTYLE CHOICESSiegel pointed out that Hogan came from a group of professional wrestlers who had a high incidence of steroid and drug use suicide and heart syndrome According to a new University of East Michigan inquiry wrestlers between and years old were nearly three times more likely to die prematurely than the general U S population And those numbers increased the older the wrestler was Siegel added A multitude of of these men didn t even make it to their s Keep in mind the physical strain of having a large bulky frame being repeatedly slammed combined with frequent voyage and the emotional stresses of being both an athlete and an entertainer CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR STRENGTH NEWSLETTERIn Hogan reportedly admitted under oath during the trial of then-WWF Chairman Vince McMahon who d been charged with steroid distribution that he had used steroids for over a decade before he stopped Hulk Hogan lived in pain for decades but it didn t keep him from being a continuing role model for a large number of including in his later years Siegel explained He came to embody physical and spiritual vitality and that is what he will really be remembered for Dr Bradley Serwer an interventional cardiologist and chief diagnostic officer at VitalSolution in Maryland noted in an interview with Fox News Digital that without firsthand knowledge of Hogan s health history the exact cause of the disclosed sudden cardiac arrest remains unknown For more Strength articles visit www foxnews com wellness It was stated that he was experiencing good fitness until he collapsed Serwer commented This presentation is quite common for a heart attack with sudden cardiac arrest The the bulk prevalent cause of sudden cardiac arrest is a heart attack or ischemic heart sickness the cardiologist shared When a heart attack occurs the heart muscle is deprived of oxygen resulting in the death of muscle tissue the medical expert detailed This condition predisposes the heart to abnormal heart rhythms such as ventricular fibrillation Vfib Vfib is characterized by rapid and irregular electrical activity that causes the ventricles to quiver and be ineffective Serwer noted This results in the heart being unable to pump blood to the body leading to a rapid death Cardiac arrests that occur outside a hospital have a significantly low survival rate of about according to Serwer For those who receive cardiac arrest response like CPR and defibrillation survival increases by up to