Is your smartphone a silent killer?

Did you know there are numerous effect of smartphone?

 In the present scenario is it very difficult to imagine the day without using a cell phone. The number of cell phones users are increasing day by day be it a children’s or adults etc. According to Statistics, by 2019 about 2.7 billion people are estimated to use Smartphone devices. And, the statistics of mobile phone usage is predicted to cross 4.68 billion covering about 67 percentage of the global population in 2019.

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Now days, especially the smartphones that rule us today- have positive advantage such as instant communication with family, building networks with each other, entertainment purpose, camera, GPS, education, storing documents, privacy etc. However, people are becoming addicted to the numerous of application of their smartphone which is having diverse effects upon their health.

 Let’s know the how smartphone is killing us silently.

There are some effect of excessive use of smartphones such as:

(1)  Eyes strain : While typing or reading any content, people often favour to stare at tiny fonts which are visible at small screen of your smartphone, which is very much harmful for our eyes. If we continuously see the smartphone on a regular basis it can lead to blurred vision, dried eyes, eyes strain etc. It is said by doctors, that while using phone it should be kept away at minimum 16inch distance from face to minimise the risk of eye damage.
     
     Preventions:

     Try to have a minimum 20 minute break while using phone on a continuous basis. If possible try to read long articles or messages on laptop or desktop so that there is minimum stress on your eyes. If the strain of your eyes continues you should immediately consult your doctor without any delay.

(2)  Neck and back pain: Neck and back pain are one the common pain while having excessive use of phone for continuous hours. The wrong postures can harm the muscles of neck and back while using the smartphones, laptops etc. for long hours. 

     Preventions:

     To get rid of back and neck pain while using smartphone watch your posture and learn to sit with right postures to keep your spine healthy and fine. Doctors also recommended that keeping the cell phone at your eye level resting the cervical spine in a neutral position. Another important thing recommended by doctors are you should never float arms ahead of the body.

So, these were the effect of smartphones which we discussed above in the blog and further we will discuss in next blog.

Happy reading!