Addiction to electronic devices paves the way for serious diseases

Many spend many hours engaging in relatively recent activity, using tablets and laptops, sometimes even in some form. In any case, almost everyone has a connection to these devices and related techniques. But it can be said that it has become dominant in one form or another to its inventor, perhaps because he is mortally condemned to a body that inevitably dies while it is not.

In this context, American studies published in multiple medical sites recently revealed that the flash resulting from the high levels and contrast of lighting in the animation in tablet and laptop games, causes seizures of epilepsy in children, warning of the continued and increasing use of computer games vibration of Before children, for possible association with arm tremor.

Studies indicate that addiction to video games may cause sleep disorders, failure in the private life or study, Kassala and alcohol and social isolation in children, in addition to social tension and loss of the ability to free thinking and the decline of determination and will in the individual.

A study by researchers at Sani University of Ophthalmology in New York found that people who read messages and browse the Internet on their mobile phones tend to bring devices closer to their eyes than books and newspapers, forcing the eye to work more tiredly.

"The fact that people carry devices close to the eye makes them work more tired to focus on written things," said researcher Mark Rosenfeld.

The quality of games played by children varies between games of conflict, war, intelligence, installation and others. According to scientific research, despite the benefits of some games, the disadvantages are more than their advantages because most games used by children and adolescents have negative implications and have very adverse effects, especially in the level of health.

Sani University experts have warned that children will return to computers and addiction to study and play, possibly exposing them to risks and injuries that may end in disabilities, most notably neck and back injuries.

2 hours a day

Experts stressed that the problem is that the technology is so modern that researchers are unable to know the damage it is doing in the long term. According to the new guidelines issued by the American Academy of Pediatrics, children should not be allowed to spend more than two hours a day in front of the screen, while children under the age of two should not spend any time in front of the screen. Under the same principles, televisions and computers must remain outside the child's room.

According to research published by the Academy, young people face a "ticking time bomb" in the neck and back pain associated with the use of computers, video games and smart phones. The research showed that nearly three quarters of primary school children and two-thirds of high school students in the United States talked about back or neck pain over the past year.

"Mobile phones and tablets have become an integral part of human life, and in reality we are using them at a very early age," says Dr. Khalid Al Nimr, a consultant and professor of cardiology, arterial catheterization and nuclear and heart imaging at the Riyadh Public Security Hospital. Of electromagnetic waves from television broadcasting to nuclear radiation, and are scientifically divided into ionizing (nuclear) and radioisotopes, non-ionizing such as microwave, radio, television and smart devices. "Non-ionizing waves do not produce ions from objects such as microwave and portable devices, and have not been scientifically proven to cause cancer, Parkinson's, kidney disease, genital or eye diseases," the World Health Organization said in 2010.
"The absorption of objects by the waves of smart devices is less than 5 percent of the absorption of radio waves, television and radio waves that have been exposed to humanity for hundreds of years, and there was no direct link with diseases, including cancer." "Because the body takes a long time to use electronic devices, pain can occur in the vertebrae of the neck and back. For the eye, the size of the devices is small so the effort on the eye is very large, so strain the muscles of the pupil, which causes weakness to look in the long term ». He stressed that «not to close the eye long period causes corneal dryness, especially that the light rays emitted by the smart devices issued by them and not reflected on them as in the book, so it is advised not to continue to look at it more than 30 minutes, without a time interval to look away».

«Mental Addiction»

"We have negative feelings if we lose the device, such as anger, isolation and depression," says the tiger. "A person lives in a virtual world, losing social skills to young people, husbands and wives. The person no longer confuses his parents and relatives, but with his virtual friends, and therefore social relations have changed to purely electronic relationships sometimes. "

"The increasing use of technology may affect and increase autism, isolationism and lack of communication with people, making the person trapped in his virtual world," says Munira Bahar, a psychologist at Medi Care Clinics in Riyadh. And may develop into the case and add to addiction », stressing that« this causes failure at the family and social and weaken the skills of social communication due to lack of friction and community interaction ».

"Psychological treatment in its various analytical or cognitive behavioral methods plays a major role in eliminating addiction to technology, as well as other mental illnesses," she added.

"The impact of technology in children can reach epilepsy and neurological diseases, and it may gain them aggressively and violently from watching violent electronic games," she said. "Preserving children for hours on tablets is unnatural for children because they need constant movement, Many problems, including weight gain and eye fatigue ».

"The criminals may use these devices to manipulate the minds of children and accustom them to things such as drugs, alcohol or even sexual crimes," warns the sailor. "The Internet is the magical gateway to information, and the child with his natural curiosity will try to identify the various information that may have a negative impact on Absence of proper supervision or guidance. "

Movement for sound growth

"If children continue to use iPads constantly without paper and pen activities, these muscles will become weaker," said Lindsey Masrowley, a senior therapist at the Big Sky Physical Therapy Center. We now see many children complaining of some motor delays, along with muscle weakness in some areas. "

"Modern lifestyles and increased use of technology have adverse effects on the health of our children's muscles and bones, and if not treated at school and at home, they will have far-reaching implications for them and in our society in the future," says Lorna Taylor, a specialist in physiotherapy, paediatrics and occupational health at the University of Leeds Metropolitan. . "It is necessary to instill good habits so that children are comfortable and able to concentrate, fully exploit their potential and do the work so as not to be constrained by obstruction and preventable pain."

In general, experts do not recommend that iPAD devices be completely blocked from the child, but that the times of use should be limited to monitoring the content through which the child reaches them. Parents, as suggested by specialists, must ensure that their children engage in physical activities such as walking, running and cycling, as they help their bodies grow properly.