Potential risks when using Laptop

If you are too passionate and use your laptop seamlessly day after day, reconsider. The main task of a laptop is to bring convenience when traveling, not a tool to work on the spot all day. If you abuse your laptop, chances are you will put your body in alarming condition.

Health risks

Online technology magazine Cnet recently mentioned the case of Ram Viswanadha - a software engineer working in Silicon Valley (USA), had to stop working for 3 months because of a muscle strain due to working too much on the laptop with repetitive posture for 4 consecutive years.

In Vietnam, some doctors and labor protection experts said that there has never been any similar case due to the above-mentioned cause. Even in developed countries, Mr. Viswanadha's case has so far been relatively rare and represents the worst possible situation due to the abuse of laptops.

However, international experts have warned that with laptop status becoming more and more popular, such cases are more likely to appear.

According to Dr. Nguyen The Cong - Deputy Director of the Institute of Labor Science and Technology Research, although Vietnam has not had extensive research on the effects of laptops on human health, but use Using interpolation in science may reveal some hidden risks if you abuse your laptop.

First , laptop users must look closer to the screen (cause eye strain) and use a smaller keyboard than the desktop (causing wrist and finger strain).

Secondly , the design of the keyboard and screen close together makes the user only two choices and equally harmful. Either let your arms be comfortable, you have to put the device down, so that your neck bends down to look at the screen, or if you put the screen to the eye level, the shoulders and arms will have to rise very high.

Based on the standard labor protection requirements for computers in general, it can be seen that the abuse of laptops will lead to pain, which may be more than desktop computers.

Laptop computers have been introduced to our country for a long time, but due to the high price (currently the average price is about 1,000 USD / unit), it is not really popular. Just recently, laptop computers began to create a fever, as more and more people had demand for technology and high income. With fashion beauty, neatness, usability, quality and high processing speed, laptops make many people fall in love and even use it as a replacement for desktop computers - a great deal. wrong and against the basic rules of computer use posture.

These rules have long been mentioned a lot in the media and are well known, but most probably think that they only apply to desktop computers, but few people pay attention to them. The importance of using a laptop posture.

What to do to protect yourself?

The position of using a laptop is also important for health like any other working posture.

According to Dr. Ngo Van Toan - Head of the Viet Duc Hospital's Orthopedic Trauma Department, all wrong postures of normal physiology cause skeletal muscle distortion and cause pain, which can lead to injury. But it is worrisome that many people are not aware of the potential risks of laptops. A director of an information technology company, recently complained to the doctor, sometimes he got tired of using the laptop all day in the office. Obviously, even an IT technician may not know about certain peripherals for laptops and their necessity to avoid bodily injury.

The posture of using a laptop in the normal design causes the body and neck to bend (left).Use racks to help users get comfortable posture

If you really need to use a laptop instead of a desktop computer, use a dedicated rack, keyboard and mouse. These allow you to adjust the screen to your eye level (about 20 degrees below the eye line and about 50cm from the eye), while keeping your arms and hands in a natural position. Using liners and liners (some special types with fans attached) will reduce the risk of heat from the laptop.

In the world there have been some cases of laptop users suffering from burns. In addition, doctors have recommended that men put laptops on their thighs for use that may suffer from heat loss which reduces fertility.

As with desktop computers, when using a laptop, you must also pay attention to a few minutes after every 30 - 60 minutes of work to stretch and release the face. Eating and exercising in moderation also reduces the risk of health damage. Finally, you should know when to turn off the computer and end the working day. Do not take advantage of the portability of a laptop to carry things with you everywhere, especially bring home.