Doctors from different hospitals around the world, including some from the United States, and health professionals They expect an increase in the influx of patientsmostly with emotional problems or chronic illnesses, to healthcare facilities in the full moon period due to certain factors that mark a notable change in people’s behavior.
A large increase in the influx of patients with chronic illnesses and psychiatric or emotional problems takes place when the moon appears in its full formso groups of researchers conducted studies to determine the reasons why many individuals go through a change in their normal behavior.
This increase in cases adds to the statement of Dr. Frederic Wenger, former chair of emergency medicine at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, who indicated that “it is not unusual to have someone with delusions of grandeur and tales of ‘I have known to Jesus'”.
Likewise, an article published in 2011 in the National Library of Medicine magazine established that 40% of health workers believe that The phases of the moon have a direct influence on the behavior of individuals.
Doctors and health professionals expect the arrival of patients every year during the full moon phases.
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What generates the dramatic change in behavior?
In an attempt to refute the theory shared by thousands of health workers, the AIMS Public Health research center had to join the idea and maintained that it is still necessary to carry out in-depth research regarding the biological and psychological reasons that lead to the “myth.” of the lunar effects on human health, behavior, and disease.
Although Wenger does not completely agree with the theory, he stated that It is true that emergency calls increase significantly during periods of full moon. “I firmly believe that nurses, not just my family members who are nurses, but other people as well, really believe in this,” she added.
Even without finding the reasons why the event happens, Dr. John Becher, professor at the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine, commented that “they all appear probably two hours apart from each other, around 11 PM and 1 A.M”.
