How mobile phones are not good for health?

Mobile phones play very vital role in our life. Mobile phones came into existence to save time of human beings and to keep people connected with each other. Mobile phones are for the convenience of people. But if we talk about present time then it is totally vice versa. Now mobile has become time consuming instead of time saving. People are spending half of their precious time on mobile phone while browsing social applications unnecessarily. When someone has free time they start using mobile phone, not for some knowledge purpose, even for the purpose of passing their time. So now we can say that mobiles are the reason of inconvenience. With the introduction of mobile phone face to face interaction of human beings has been decreased. It causes many health issues as well. As we know that excess of everything is bad in the same way excess usage of mobile phone is dangerous.

Health disadvantages of mobile phones:

Skin allergies



People with their own looks put attention on the looks of their mobile phones. The first thing that grabs the attention of other people is the looks of their phone. People use a layer of metallic sheen to make mobile phone more attractive. This metallic layer contains nickel, chromium and cobalt which cause skin allergies and infections.

Reduce concentration

Mobile phone reduces the concentration level. We can not stay away from our phone even for 10 minutes. We keep on checking our mobile phone. Might be you all have observed that when we do some important work and in between your phone rings for new notification, then we leave our work and start checking our mobile phone. In this way mobile phone reduces our attention/concentration. Loss of concentration directly impacts our productivity.

Anxiety

Cell phone caused hyper-vigilance means the need to check phones for notifications, due to which the adrenals in our body remain constantly activated and cortisol levels remain high. The high level of cortisol – stress and hormone levels increase our blood pressure, heart rate and anxiety.

Accidents





As we know that use of mobile phone also leading to accidents. People are losing their lives due to the attention they pay to their cell phones instead of what they are actually doing. Some people used to click selfies while walking, some continuing texting and others are on call. Some people are addicted to talk while driving and we know that while driving a little negligence leads to accident. Now it seems that government needs to start some new programs in order to raise awareness about texting and walking.

Germs

Every person uses their mobile phone for alarm and they keep it beside their bed or even their pillow, so that they can get up on time when the alarm rings. But according to the studies mobile phones contain more germs than a toilet seat. According to the research cell phones are much unhygienic. Just think about it next time when you use your phone while eating  or after cleaning the room.

Vision problems

More use of mobile phones caused the vision problems. According to the research it has been found that within 5 minutes of waking up 90% of people check their phones. Exposing your eyes to that kind of light in the day itself is harmful. But after waking up if you are using your phone is extremely harmful. If it keeps on going in the same way then in the next generation full of bespectacled teenagers.

Weakens immune system

We all have noticed that there is always oily, greasy residue on the screen of our cell phones. This residue contains more disease-causing germs than found on a toilet seat. These germs directly attack on the immune system and weaken it. It makes human body more prone to diseases.

Brain cancer

Mobile phones emit radio frequency energy a form of non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation which can be absorbed by tissues close to the phone. We all know that cell phones give off radiation. This radiation affects our brain cells directly which causes brain cancer. In children brain cancer develops faster as compare to adults because their nervous systems are still developing.



Enhance stress level

Cell phones cause stress in many ways. When one gets used to a cell phone, they slowly become dependent on it. Then it becomes very difficult to be apart from it for any period of time. We start worrying when our cell phones start losing battery. People became anxious when they are not able to answer their calls or texts.

Chronic pain

Continuously holding the cell phone in one position, constant use of fingers while sending emails at rapid speed causes pain and inflammation. Holding the phone between ear shoulder and neck increases the risk of back pain.

Difficulty in sleeping

The major problem is that cell phones cause difficulty in sleeping. People used to play games, watch videos in their free time. It hinders your sleep and disturbs the sleeping pattern.

Hampers the thinking process

Cell phones also hamper the thinking process. It makes us dependent on them. Whenever we want to write or doing something we search the information on Google and whatever the information we got we utilize it and accordingly write it down. We do not use our minds. In this way this smart technology hampers our thinking and creativity.

Reduce dedication to work

Whenever we try to do something then Facebook, Instagram and you tube notifications distract our mind. In this way we won’t able to give 100% to your work. The checking of these applications takes more than 10 minutes which ultimately reduce the time of our work. And the work didn’t get done with full attention and dedication.

Pocket vibration syndrome

Sometimes our phone didn’t vibrate but we feel like that phone is vibrating it might be in anticipation of some text message, or some important call.

Vulnerable to cyber crimes

We all have stored our necessary information in our phones and if stolen they make us extremely vulnerable to all kinds of cyber crimes.

Risk to infertility

Cell phones causes risk to unborn/infertility as well. Cell phones causes issue to those males who carry their phones in front pocket.

 

 

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