Playing with mobile phones is a disease, prevention and treatment are effective quickly

Mobile phones are essential tools in life and are indispensable. However, some people are addicted to their phones and even suffer from text neck, phone hand, mobile phone obsession/auditory hallucination, eye discomfort and other adverse symptoms, which must be actively prevented and treated.

1. SMS neck

"My neck is so sore, it hurts even when I turn my head." Xiao Zhang, who is still in school, is a digital expert. Whenever he has free time, he uses his mobile phone to surf the Internet and play games. Until recently, when he got up in the morning, he found that his head could not move and he had bursts of stabbing pain. After going to the hospital for a check-up, the doctor told him that he had cervical spondylosis, and that long-term bowing of the head to play with the mobile phone was the "culprit" of the disease.

"More and more people, mostly young people, are suffering from cervical spondylosis due to neck pain caused by playing with mobile phones." An orthopedic physician at a hospital introduced that cervical spondylosis is a common disease, also known as cervical spondylosis syndrome, which is a disease based on degenerative lesions. Improper head and neck posture can cause the cervical spine to lose its proper physiological curvature due to long-term twisting. The proliferating bone spurs can stimulate or compress the adjacent vertebral arteries and cervical sympathetic nerves, which can easily lead to insufficient blood supply to the vertebral arteries and excessive fatigue of the cervical spine, causing a variety of symptoms.

Prevention and treatment methods: Moving the neck more often, avoiding maintaining the same posture for a long time, and strengthening functional exercises of the neck can all effectively prevent cervical spondylosis. In addition, to prevent and treat cervical spondylosis, you must change your unhealthy lifestyle, such as paying attention to the usage time when playing with your mobile phone, and doing the "M" neck exercise frequently. Don't lie down to read or watch TV, and participate in more outdoor activities.

2. Mobile Phone

Nana is a genuine iPhone fan and the most active "Thumb King" in her circle of sisters. She sends messages quickly and in large quantities. She collects a wide range of popular "jokes" and forwards them in a timely manner. She likes to communicate with people in the form of text. However, gradually Nana finds that she is somewhat avoiding interpersonal communication. Sometimes, even though she can explain things face to face, she is willing to send messages afterwards to supplement them. For example, when contacting someone for work, she often asks the other party to send her the specific address and contact information after the call to prevent her from making mistakes when speaking. Moreover, the fingers on my right hand always ache slightly, and the joints seem stiff, so I can't even hold chopsticks steadily.

In fact, this symptom is medically called thumb tenosynovitis, which refers to the inflammation of the tendon and the surrounding tendon sheath, and the symptoms are pain in the metacarpophalangeal joint. When sending messages on mobile phones, fingers are always moving. Because fingers move too frequently, it causes pain in the metacarpophalangeal joints and causes thumb tenosynovitis, and fingers will bounce involuntarily. From a psychological perspective, if one is only concerned with sending text messages and is unwilling to communicate with people around him, this is a serious case of mild obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Prevention and treatment methods: Simply put, the best way is to stay away from mobile phones, but I believe many friends can't do it. But if you must use it, it is best to do a palm massage every twenty minutes. "Pulling left and right" can relieve muscle soreness and reduce tendon wear. This condition is most common in winter, when the slowdown in blood flow accelerates muscle stiffness and leads to sprains. Therefore, you should pay special attention to health care when using your mobile phone in winter. Otherwise, your fingers will become like "chicken claws" and no matter how good the mobile phone is, you won’t be able to use it.

3. Mobile phone obsession/auditory hallucination

"No matter where I am, I often feel my phone ringing, but most of the time there are no text messages or calls at all." Wang Yi, who works in the media, said helplessly that due to work needs, mobile phones have become a part of his life. If he accidentally leaves his phone at home one day, he will feel like something is missing and will be restless all day. "I'm depressed. I think I might be suffering from cell phone auditory hallucination."

Mobile phone compulsion and "auditory hallucination" phenomena are mostly related to occupations. For example, people working in sales, consulting, media, etc. frequently use communication tools and often have to get to work immediately when the ringtone rings. These people are in "standby" mode for a long time, and the strong psychological suggestion can induce "auditory hallucinations." During the peak employment period, many recent graduates and unemployed job seekers will also join the mobile phone "auditory hallucination group".

Prevention and treatment methods: The "mobile phone auditory hallucination" phenomenon that currently plagues the lives of urbanites is actually just a manifestation of stress in the human body. It is a reminder given by the body's subconscious mind. As long as you adjust your mindset, enhance your self-confidence, and communicate with others sincerely and proactively, the stress will be overcome. The simplest way to deal with it is to change your mobile phone ringtones frequently and use some relatively soothing music to relax your body and mind. Using a single cell phone ringtone for a long time will strengthen the brain's sensitivity and make it easy to have auditory hallucinations.

4. Eye symptoms

Also, because the font size on the mobile phone screen is small, users need to lower their heads and stare at it intently, which can easily cause eye fatigue over time and induce eye diseases such as myopia and dry eyes. Nowadays, many people hold their mobile phones almost all day long. Some people surf the Internet or "knit" while riding the bus or eating. This will keep the ciliary muscles of the eyes in a state of tension. "Over time, it is only a matter of time before the eyes get upset."

Prevention and treatment methods: Develop good eye habits. Do not stare at the mobile phone screen for a long time. Let your eyes rest after about 30 minutes. You can relieve eye fatigue and relax the eye muscles by closing your eyes for a few minutes or looking into the distance. In addition, try not to use your mobile phone while riding in a car or exercising to avoid causing greater damage to your eyes.