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For football fans,The Super Bowl is in a way the Holy Grail of Sports Fandom-forcing the visualization of the utmost importance. In other words, for many people, there is not one thing in the world that could prevent them from looking at the Great Game - and includes medical emergencies. It is because of this unofflied dedication to the annual sporting event that each year hospitals around the country considers the impact of what is called the "Super Bowl Syndrome". Essentially, people put medical problems that they might face until the game is over, how much the hospital visits are starting to overcome.

"It's interesting because you will definitely see a volume drop during the game time, maybe even before the game time"Jay Goldstein, Medical Director of the Emergency Department of Memorial Hospital in Georgia, a localFox Affiliated in 2019. "I guess after watching the match, they now decide that it's time to come to the emergency department."

The data on this phenomenon go back enough in a way. According to a 1994 study published inThe Journal of Emergency Medicine,The admissions in the emergency room from 1988 to 1992 were judged "significantly" during the Super Bowl days they were the rest of the year. And in a 2013 document published inApplied radiologyradiologistStuart E. Mirvus From the University of Maryland School of Medicine noted that its fascination with the Super Bowl XLVI Impact had on patient visits: "I was surprised how low in 3 hospitals that I am covered this Sunday night. "

In addition, Super Bowl syndrome does not seem to be totally unique at Super Bowl alone, according to the 2009 document published in theWestern Journal of Emergency Medicine.After analyzing emergency room visits for 782 sports games, emergency medicineDavid Jerrard Found there to have fewer male visitors on days when professional football matches have been played only non-matches days - about 18 visitors and 27 visitors, respectively.

So what kind of case doctors see once the Super Bowl is finished? Naturally, many of them are linked to alcohol, but not exclusively. "You also see the pain of the general chest of the mill,shots... people suffering from coughing, cold and congestion, says Goldstein.