Network users note a strange pattern: for some reason, before the day of birth, they often pick up colds, chronic diseases often exacerbate, and injuries occur literally out of the blue. We decided to figure it out whether it is an unsuccessful combination of circumstances or there is some kind of scientific explanation.

People share stories: “Every year two or three weeks before my birthday I I get sick"," I am every year on my other years since 19 I get sick strongly (flu, temperature) "," During the day before the 30th anniversary I I broke leg and met this day in the hospital, all in flowers ”,“ The other day is a neighbor Received Serious injury (fracture of the bones of the pelvis) on the eve of the anniversary. " On forums and blogs are trying to explain this pattern astrology, change of life cycles, biorhythms And even temporary departure of the guardian angel.

The media also pay attention to the problem. For example, "arguments and facts" Markthat “a few weeks before the birthday of surgical clinics, the number of purulent complications almost doubles, the number of incoming patients with arrhythmias increases sharply in the cardiological departments.” And the site km.ru shares Even more detailed statistics: “Kemerovo physiologists unveiled the fact: the number of purulent complications after operations performed by patients on the eve or immediately after their birthday increases to 32% with a norm of 12%. Ukrainian gerontologists have revealed an even more strange correlation: the risk of death in the last month before birthday and in the first month after women is 36.2%higher, and for men - by 44.4%. ”

The fact that birthday is a test for the psyche is not in doubt among experts. There is even a term in English literature - Birthday Blues, describing the oppressed state of the psyche, anxiety and depression that arises in a week or two before the holiday. This phenomenon is also called Birthday Depressionor informally translated into Russian as "Birthday Syndrome". Psychologists List Possible causes of despondency:

- the inconsistency of the desired scenario of the holiday with the expectations of a family or society (I want to spend a day alone, but I need to arrange a noisy party);

-disappointment in existing social ties (someone did not remember and did not congratulate, they gave it not what I wanted, an important person did not come to visit);

- The feeling of limb of life and the revision of the achieved (especially often arises before a round date).

Researchers at the University of California Countedthat people whose age ended 9 were more likely asked by existential questions and looked for the meaning of life than everyone else. Moreover, their behavior changed before the round date. On the website of the search for partners for illegitimate ties, there were 17.88% more than those who had a anniversary than users of other ages in the next year. Among the 500 people who first participated in the marathon were 74 people whose age ended at 9, while with a uniform distribution there would be only 50.

There is also data O increasing The number of suicides shortly before the solemn date, exactly in it or after a couple of days. Some statistical studies show that mortality from other causes is somehow interconnected with the day of birth. Back in 1992, a group of scientists Analyzed The dates of death is 2,745,149 people who died from natural causes. Women were more likely to die seven days after the birthday, on the contrary, men, seven and less days before the holiday. From Swiss Observations For more than 12 million people it follows that the birthday is the most “deadly” day of the year, it accounted for 17% more deaths than on any other. In 2012, researchers noted Another pattern: on his birthday, 13.8% more heart attacks with fatal consequences occurred, and the life of cancer patients more often ended on this day. Excessive mortality on the birthday was also noted by scientists from USA And Ukraine. So, out of more than 100,000 Kiev on their birthday, 44% of men and 36% more women died than on all other days.

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Among the possible explanations of such a pattern, scientists list more quantity used on the holiday of alcohol, more risky behavior and psychological moments when seriously ill people Put the goal of living until a certain date, and experiencing suicidal thoughts Assign The holiday is a kind of deadline, to which they give things a chance to get better. Researchers also allow the existence of special annual rhythms and their effect on health by analogy with daily or circus. However, scientists do not yet have more accurate data.

Also, so far, large -scale scientific research has not been conducted regarding the birthday and risk of getting a cold. However, in some of the above observations, mortality was taken into account from various injuries: before the holiday and on the birthday itself, it really increased. The tendency to exacerbation Some Chronic diseases, in turn, can be explained by psychosomatic causes associated with stress from the holiday and its organization, as well as with unfulfilled expectations. To such diseases primarily Related Bronchial asthma, migraines and headaches, dermatitis, hypertension, stomach ulcer and duodenum, ulcerative colitis.

Thus, there are a sufficient number of scientific works that demonstrate that the risk of dying on his birthday, a couple of days before or after higher than on other days of the year. However, there is no unambiguously recognized explanation why this happens. Also, stress from the upcoming holiday can provoke an exacerbation of certain chronic diseases. As for respiratory diseases before an important holiday, they have not yet come into the field of view of scientists.