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THE APPROPRIATE MOOD
FOR WATCHING
BALL
GAME
MATCHES
Despite
the
excitement
of
watching ball game
matches,
say, in front of the TV
screen,
possible "over-involvement" and
even death may occur when one
is
unduly careless. Around
20
years
ago,
while on duty at
an
Accident
&
Emergency
Department,
the Author
wit-
nessed
a
dying patient being ad-
mitted
-
collapsed while watching
an
international
football
match.
Unfortunately, the elderly patient
died despite active resuscitation.
He
had a
past history
of
coronar-
ies and
was maintained
on
medi-
cation for keeping
a
regular
heafi
rhythm.
During
the World
Cup
Football
Matches
held
in
Germany,
11
of 50 football fans
who died when watching
were
Chinese!
At
the
height of
the
excitement, both
the
pulse
and
the blood
pressure
shot
up sud-
denly
-
adding
a
tremendous
bur-
den to
the
heart and leading
to
coronaries or
heart
failure
and
even strokes. The
time difference
for international
matches olten
jeopardizes good sleep and may
even
preclude
good
relationship
with
loved
ones. Those
with
chronic
medical diseases
must
learn
to
be philosophical;
have
adequate sleep before watching;
while watching, excessive drink-
ing must be strictly avoided.
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