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The Impact of Mobile Phones on Our Health & How to Prevent Them

The Impact of Mobile Phones on Our Health & How to Prevent Them

Anything, No Matter How Good, can be Harmful if Overused or Taken Beyond Limits

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February 24, 20254 min read

General Analysis of Mobile:-

Once upon a time, landlines and TVs were available in only one out of ten homes. If someone had these items in their home, they were considered very wealthy. But now, just like clothes, everyone has access to mobile devices. The time when mothers had to show the moon to feed their children is long gone. We've reached a point where we give children mobile phones and tell them to watch YouTube while they eat. Along with children, we are also becoming vulnerable to these health issues. I will explain more about that in the next lines.

Eye Strain

Cause:

Many people keep their mobile phones on and look at them with high brightness even at night, which can lead to vision problems, especially in young children at a very young age.

Prevention:

We need to raise awareness among children about mobile phone usage. We should encourage them to participate in physical activities.

  • Mobile Digital Well-being: is a feature available on many smartphones that helps users manage their screen time, reduce distractions, and maintain a healthy balance between technology use and daily life.

Neck Discomfort

Cause:

In this era, mobile phones have become indispensable. However, if we engage with it excessively and we keep our head bent for long periods while looking at it, it can lead to neck pain and other related health issues.

Prevention:

1. When using a phone, Every 10 minutes, you should look away from your phone and focus on something else.

2. Also, cultivate the habit of looking straight ahead without bending your neck while using your phone.

3. Simply say that, neck and sitting posture should be well maintained.

Sleep Distraction

Cause:

  1. Continuous use of mobile phones and laptops reduces the release of melatonin from the brain, which is responsible for inducing sleep. Also, it is causing lifestyle diseases like diabetes and blood pressure, which were once common in people over sixty, to increasingly affect the younger generation.

Prevention:

  1. Enable the Bedtime mode to enhance sleeping quality.

Mental Burden.

Cause:

  1. Young generations are ruining their lives by engaging in unusual activities just to gain instant popularity on social media platforms like Instagram, WhatsApp Status, and Facebook Story.
  2. Furthermore, they get addicted to online gambling games, lose money, and eventually resort to suicide, leaving their families in deep sorrow and helplessness.

Prevention:

  1. Enable the Focus mode to set screen time limits, take digital detoxes, and engage in offline activities.

Radiation Revelation Worries

Cause:

  1. In the world, from the uneducated to the educated, everyone places their mobile phone on their shirt pocket, also many others even place it on their pant pocket.
  2. As a result, problems like heart disease and infertility continue to rise like an ongoing saga.
  3. Furthermore, keeping the mobile phone near the head while sleeping disrupts continuous sleep, also, speaking for long hours with the phone on the ear affects the ear region.

Prevention:

  1. It is better to keep the mobile phone at a distance while sleeping rather than placing it nearby.
  2. When carrying a mobile phone somewhere, it should be kept in a bag.

3. To protect the ears, headphones should be used at low volume.