Face mask injuries on the rise
ED presentations due to bending down to pick masks up and eating them: US research
The spike in face mask use during the pandemic has come with a spike in mask-related injuries, a new study shows.
From 2016 through 2019, an average of 200 such injuries were treated annually in US emergency departments.
In 2020, that number went up by 2400%, to nearly 5000, according to data published last week.
The injuries occurred at all ages, researchers reported in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.
