Dozens of hospitalized fans with the “Cup Syndrome”: they watch many games

THE world Cup are one of the most awaited and emotional events for simple enthusiasts and fans who want to enjoy as many games as they want to see accompanied. True fans won’t just follow their favorite team. However, following all matches, and following them with passion, can also be harmful. And indeed, there are dozens of people who suffer from the so-called ‘World Cup syndrome’🇧🇷 Said like that it almost sounds like a joke, but it’s all true.

A Chinese newspaper reported that a special clinic had been set up at the Meizhou Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, located in the eastern province of Guangdong, to treat patients suffering from the ‘World Cup Syndrome’: a few dozen, since the start of the tournament. Director Zhang Yanzhong confirmed this in an interview with ‘China Daily’ and said: 🇧🇷Most patients are men and all are football fans. who stay up late to watch all of Qatar’s World Cup games.”

In China, the time difference is no small problem for those who love football. Because fans are forced to stay up until the wee hours to rigorously watch live games Qatar 2022🇧🇷 And to accompany each meeting, they chose to sleep very little or spend a completely sleepless night. That’s probably how it was for many in China, especially in the early days when four matches were played back to back. And over time many of the patients who had a health problem ended up at the clinic and also insomnia it became a problem.

Chinese doctors have noticed an increase in cases of gastrointestinal problems, cardiovascular, cerebrovascular that they associated with the lifestyle taken by Chinese fans to follow every moment of the World Cup. It’s not just the time zone to blame, because emotions must also be taken into account. Because high-level matches are not taken lightly, especially by those who expect Messi or ronaldo winning the only title he lacks or perhaps rooting for Brazil that he hasn’t won since 2002 (supporting teams other than his country where there are no high-level teams).

doctor Zhang Yanzhong stated that both he and his team were already prepared, as something similar had already happened in 2018, on the occasion of the World Cup in Russia and therefore, at the time, a clinic was set up in which specific care has been dedicated to these fans. And knowing that, Dr. Yanzhong and his team were prepared.

At the moment, there are about a hundred patients who have had problems due to the ‘World Cup syndrome’, but considering that the hot phase has not yet arrived, in China they expect the number of patients affected by this syndrome to grow, especially for meizhouwhich is known in China as one of the ‘football cities’.

Another doctor told ‘China Daily’ about the phenomenon: “All the doctors at the special clinic play for the hospital’s football team and can better understand the emotions of the fans. The level of Chinese football is not very high, but the country has a large number of football fans.” And for some it even became a syndrome.