And in fact, there are dozens of people who suffer from the so-called “World Cup Syndrome”. Said like that, it almost seems like a joke, but it’s all true. A Chinese newspaper reported that a special clinic has been set up at Meizhou Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, located in the eastern province of Guangdong, to treat patients suffering from “World Cup Syndrome”. Several dozen fans have sought medical attention since the start of the tournament in Qatar.
Director Zhang Yanzhong confirmed this by giving an interview to “China Daily”: “Most of the patients are male and all of them are football fans, who stay up late to watch all the World Cup matches in Qatar” In China, the time difference is no small problem for those who love football. Because the fans are forced to stay awake until the late hours to watch “live” matches of “Qatar 2022”. And to follow each game they have chosen to sleep very little, or have spent a night without sleep at all.
Director Zhang Yanzhong confirmed this by giving an interview to “China Daily” “Most of the patients are male and all of them are foot ball fans, who stay up late to watch all the World Cup matches in Qatar”
In China, the time difference is no small problem for those who love football. Because the fans are forced to stay awake until the late hours to watch “live” matches of “Qatar 2022”. And to follow each game they have chosen to sleep very little, or have spent a night without sleep at all.
This was probably the case for many in China, especially in the early days of the World Cup, when four matches were played one after the other in 24 hours. In the long run, many of the patients who had health problems ended up in the clinic, where insomnia turned out to be the problem.