15 Diseases You Can Get From Your Smartphone

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No doubt smartphone plays a vital role in our life and no matter what age group you belong to and in what profession you are, you must be using it like 24/7. Am I wrong? Smartphone has eased our lives in numerous ways. Since the mobile technology has completely engraved into life, we spend a lot of time on smartphone and tablets.

 

You can save anyone’s number, dial it anytime and can have video or audio conversation, with Instant messaging apps, you can stay in touch with the person you want all the time.

 

Internet utility has made smartphone the gem. Search for anything, buy products online, play games, watch movies, listen to music, pay online bills, book your flight tickets and what not. You can do anything you can think of.

 

 

With such advantages, do you ever wonder if you are losing something? Well, these smart devices are not so smart when it comes to our health. There can be many health problems and diseases from your loving smartphone or tablet.

 

Not only that it affects our posture but while using smart devices we are exposing ourselves to constant radiations. Almost everyone is addicted to their smartphone and it is unknowingly destroying health in a number of ways that you need to know.

 

Here are some health risks of mobile phone that you must know. Have a look.

15 Diseases you can get from your smartphone

1. Sleeping Disorder

Somehow in the busy and hectic schedule, the favorite chatting and gossiping time for adults has turned out to be night-time where they can freely talk to their boyfriend/girlfriend or friends in general.

 

Not only that even for social freaks, it is too hard to put phones away at night as to watch the one last video or read one more article or not to miss out something important.

 

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But the only trouble with the technology is that it doesn’t match well with sleep. Using smartphone or tablet until late nights or getting awake in the middle of the night because of mobile’s ring or vibration are the factors that interrupt our the sleep pattern.

 

Many times we wake up in the middle of the night and check our phone and if there is a notification or Facebook update we start checking it. Sometimes it even takes 1-2 hours off our sleep time. It has happened to me a lot of times.

2. Hearing Impairment

You might have seeing people with the earphone plugged in so that they could enjoy their time and never get bored. Walking with earphone plugged in on roads, streets is risky.

Even most of the people have the habit of talking on phones for hours. According to a study talking on phone for more than two hours can harm your health and impair your hearing.

 

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3. Eye problems

The health hazard that every youth is suffering from. Smartphone is used to read e-books, web surfing, texting and chatting like from day time to late night.

The small screen of smartphone and small font type puts strain on eyes especially when you to do this thing at night by keeping all the light of your room turn off.

 

 

When you look at your smartphone screen with one eye, it makes the eye temporarily less sensitive to regular light other than other eye. This could cause dry eyes, pain, irritation, puffiness and reddening.

4. Skin Allergies

Nowadays, smartphone comes with typical metallic body to make it look more attractive and shiny. These smartphone contain skin allergies from metals like nickel, chromium and cobalt which may cause a reaction on skin called allergic contact dermatitis.

 

Even the smartphone carries much more bacteria than anything and that dirt may accumulate and cause breakouts on your skin.

 

5. Dark Spots

Remember talking to your high school or college boyfriend/ girlfriend late at night until your phone burned your cheeks. Or playing games until your phone heats up or drains out all the battery?

 

This overheating can cause major skin issues and can cause to dark spots. The solution is to don’t let your smartphone rub against your face for too long.

 

6. Heart Problems

Radiations from the smartphone cause heart problems. The radiations caused by cordless devices including smartphone or tablet contribute to abnormalities in heart functions.

7. Infertility

Spending too long on smartphone could risk your sex life and could cause infertility. According to studies, it has been proved that there is a clear relationship between cell phone radiation and decreased sperm count. It is true that male fertility is more susceptible to be damaged from smartphone. So, males must not keep smartphone in front pockets or belt loops because the radiation is little too close for comfort.

8. Text Neck

Text Neck is term used by physicians and doctors to describe the spinal disorder that arises due to excess usage of smartphones. Long term use of smartphone brings forth neck pain which is directly related to spine and thus causes spinal disorder.

 

9. Back Pain

Smartphone has been linked to eye health, stress and sleep problems, smartphone causes bad impact on spin and can contribute to back pain. Today, back pain is becoming more and more common among the younger generation. It causes repetitive strain injury.

10. Wrist Problems

Another health hazard related to smartphone is wrist problem. How long you hold smartphone in your hand strains the wrist. Usually, people hold smartphone using three fingers. Retaining this posture for longer duration everyday creates pain in the wrist.

 

11. Numb fingers

With the excessive use of smartphone or tablet, fingers of hands become numb and causes tingling sensation. The hand above elbow experiences slow blood circulation and can have long-lasting effects. So, if you are regular texting freak, you can protect yourself from numb fingers by keeping the smartphone away for at least one minute after every fifteen minutes of texting.

 

     

12. Text-walking

Texting while driving or moving across the streets or road is the most life-threatening. With doing such stuff you are only risking your life. According to survey, several deaths have been attributed to using smartphone while walking.

 

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13. Infections

Being parents, you might have noticed your kids using smartphone in restrooms also. You know that this thing must not be done at all. Smartphone not only is a valuable device for storing your important files and documents but also carries millions of infectious micro-organisms.

14. Addiction

One of the most famous health hazards of smartphone is addiction and almost 30% of the smartphone users are addicted to their smartphone. It can seem if you keep checking your phone more often than it necessary. We keep on checking our smartphone even if there is no notification or call.

15. Nerve Damage

With an increased risk of brain tumours from the use of smartphone, longer use of smartphone can cause brain cancer risk. Smartphone doesn’t affect your health day-to-day but causes long-term and incurable side effects.

Final Words

When it comes to smartphone or tablet, on the go lifestyles are increasingly demanding it. It is certainly convenient to have smartphone or tablet for almost everything like for business, entertainment or social networking right away from the blink of eye and right at your fingertips. But it is more important to take care of your health and to know how to protect yourself from health hazards of smartphone. As there is a saying, “Your safety is in your hands only.”

 

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