9 diseases of technology and prevention

High-tech devices bring a lot of benefits to users, but on the other hand it also causes a lot of diseases and injuries to the body. Here are 9 pathologies that stem from the use of technology devices, and how to prevent them.

Maybe you will laugh when someone tells the story of a man who burnt his pants because he put a laptop too hot on his lap to work. Many people consider this a funny story, but it actually shows the wrong side of improper use of technology equipment.

Professor Tony Kochhar, an expert on upper limb trauma and shoulder at the University of Greenwich (UK) said: "We have just treated a girl. She uses the phone too much to send emails, causing We had to have surgery to reconnect her ligament. "

The above case shows that all high-tech devices have one thing in common: if we use it incorrectly, they can cause serious harm to our health.

1. Pathological Gorilla arm

The term "Gorilla arm" has been used since the arrival of the touch screen and laser pen in the early 80s. People with this condition felt tired and uncomfortable as they extended their arms. Front face and arm movement at a small range. Although this disease is not particularly serious, it can also cause discomfort to the patient.

2. Nintendinitis

Nintendinitis is not entirely a disease due to the use of Nintendo game equipment. The disease also has another name, Leather Thumb, or BlackBerry Thumb disease. It is used to describe finger injuries due to excessive keypresses. If not treated early, it can cause pain, tendinitis and wrist bone pain syndrome.

Professor Kochhar said that Nintendinitis and similar symptoms are the result of "a continuous movement over a long period of time without rest. Nerve tissue is less likely to heal itself. , so resting overnight is not enough. " Professor Kochhar has seen a case of a woman with thumb tendons when using a mobile phone.

3. Pain of iPad shoulder

Some technology-related injuries are caused by wrong posture, and iPad shoulder pain is one of the proofs. This is a pain that spreads from the neck to the shoulder as the body bends forward to use a laptop or iPad on the lap. The forward bending posture will cause the neck to extend forward, causing the muscles in the neck and back to also stretch, pressing against the discs in the neck vertebrae. Maintaining this position for a long time will cause nerves to be irritated, muscles shrinking causing some iPad pain that Vietnamese people often call shoulder pain - a familiar disease of office people.

4. Palm sweat inflammation, also known as PlayStation rash

The PlayStation rash was a skin disease first discovered by a 12-year-old Swiss girl. This girl has skin lesions on her hands. According to the Journal of Dermatology, the reason is that this girl has been holding PlayStation controls too much and for too long caused "minor but continuous injuries" in her palm.

5. Neck pain due to computer keyboard typing

In 2011, a number of newspapers scrambled to report on a chiropractic healer who had healed "thousands of patients" who were hurt by typing a computer keyboard. It seems that the number of thousands of patients that the man treated is an exaggeration, but the disease is real. It is like an iPad shoulder pain. The patient suffers from neck, shoulder and back pain due to his posture looking down on the computer screen.

6. Lightning strikes when using iPod

In 2006, doctors warned that using iPod when thunderstorms could be hit by lightning. Two weeks later, Jason Bunch, a teenager in Denver proved that warning was right. The boy was struck by lightning while listening to the iPod."When I woke up, blood spilled out of my ears," Jason recalls. Although cases of lightning strikes were rare, in 2009 Sophie Frost said that the iPod had saved her life when struck by lightning.

7. Computer blind eye syndrome

This is a temporary syndrome, but it doesn't bring any joy. It makes patients see things through a mist, eye strain and headache. The National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health says 90% of computer users over 3 hours have this syndrome. This condition will be exacerbated if the user sits in front of a screen that is too bright, in a room with low light and poor ventilation.

8. The skin syndrome is baked

This syndrome has many names, such as a thigh laptop, but its medical name is Hong ban due to heat. The reason is that the user has allowed the thigh skin to contact too long with the heat source because the subjective idea is that the heat source is not too hot. Just a temperature of 43-47 degrees Celsius can cause skin burns. At least 15 cases of thermal rash were reported as of the end of 2012.

9. Diseases of the neck due to Oculus and eye disease caused by using Google Glass

These lesions do not exist at present, but it will certainly appear when devices such as the virtual reality glasses Oculus Rift and Google Glass are used more and more. Wearing a device like Oculus on your head and taking it for a long time will cause neck and shoulder pain. And ophthalmologists believe that wearing Google Glass for a long time is not good for the eyes. not to mention dangerous illusions.

How to prevent technological diseases

As we have seen, most injuries are caused by misbehavior or holding something for too long. High-tech equipment users have also subjectively ignored the danger signs that lead to more severe injuries. According to Kochhar Professor: "The iPad shoulder pain is initially just a small pain, the sick person often thinks of a lot of work or stress. When the condition gets worse, it leads to the same pain as the pain. needles or soreness These symptoms suggest that damaged tissues, especially fragile tissues like nerves, are difficult to recover quickly. "

Professor Kochhar also says that you should not get neck, shoulder or arm pain. When this situation lasts a few days you should be careful."Warning signs include swelling, pain in the neck shoulder, pain at night, tingling, pain spreading to the arm, numbness and fatigue. If these signs mean the body is trying to tell you what Ignoring it is a serious mistake , " Kochhar said.

In addition to the above 9 pathologies, the most notable pathology is technology dependence and addiction, the most serious consequence of which is to make us more distant and lose the connection between people. with people, even among members in the same family. The worst thing is that this abnormality is happening every day and is getting worse, but we are taking it as . normal?!? At this time, the treatment solution is simply to reduce the frequency of using technology devices and to arrange more real life time.