The UK NHS supplies updates on the number of times each hospital consultant speciality is used within each month. This data set is rather large, and includes multiple specialities, from General Surgery to Sport and Exercise Medicine, and covers a variety of consultant responses, from
I don't think so -- consultant dermatologists tend to be interested in rather severe problems rather than the nasty rashes that can sometimes result from mask wearing.
The guy went from 100% to on the ground clutching his chest in seconds. This isn't normal, even for ill people. Yet professional footballers are some of the most medically supervised people in the world -- there's little chance of there being an undiagnosed vulnerability in them. This is all very concerning.
If only, say, we still had a blinded arm of a decent sized original trial....
Some of Dermatology will be down to normal seasonal variation (summer always busier), not unique to 2021.
Hmm. That's a fair point. I'll pop a note one this into the text as it is relevant.
anything to do with prolonged mask wearing?
I don't think so -- consultant dermatologists tend to be interested in rather severe problems rather than the nasty rashes that can sometimes result from mask wearing.
Another footballer with "chest pains" - https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/adama-traore-sheriff-champions-league-25541132
The guy went from 100% to on the ground clutching his chest in seconds. This isn't normal, even for ill people. Yet professional footballers are some of the most medically supervised people in the world -- there's little chance of there being an undiagnosed vulnerability in them. This is all very concerning.