Contents:
- Medical Video: How Your Smartphone Affects Your Brain And Body
- The danger of sleeping near a cellphone
- 1. Reducing concentration ability
- 2. Cellphones under the pillow can cause a fire
- 3. Makes it difficult for you to sleep
- 4. Disorders of brain cells
- So, what should I do to avoid the bad effects of cellphones?
Medical Video: How Your Smartphone Affects Your Brain And Body
In today's sophisticated era, many people can hardly escape from cellphones or gadgets. When I wake up until I want to go to sleep again, my hands and eyes will endlessly stare at the cellphone screen. Whether it's just for fun social media updates, sending text messages to and from here, or searching for information on online news portals - whatever the reason, now many people are already very dependent on this one electronic device, to the point that cellphones are taken to sleep . Put it on the side of the head, or even under the pillow.
But did you know that sleeping near a cellphone is dangerous?
The danger of sleeping near a cellphone
1. Reducing concentration ability
Have you overslept while holding a cellphone? Or even accidentally put it under the pillow? Hmmm ... You're not alone, because 63% of cellphone owners sleep near cellphones placed right next to the bed. This is done to make it easier to reach the cellphone or to make the alarm sound clear. However, did you know that putting a cellphone under a pillow or being close to you when sleeping is dangerous to health?
According to research, any type of cellphone emits electromagnetic radiation that can affect the quality of your sleep. The effects of cellphone radiation that affect the quality of sleep causes the blood flow to your muscles to be not optimal. Therefore, in the morning, you may experience less concentration, pain, and focus.
2. Cellphones under the pillow can cause a fire
The case of the cellphone being burned or exploded has indeed been widely distributed to the mass media. But still many careless people put their cellphones under their pillows, especially when they are charging their batteries and left overnight.
In some cases there are phones that don't explode, but anyway, putting the cellphone under the pillow while charging the battery is not recommended. The reason is, logically the cellphone in the condition of charging the battery will tend to heat up quickly when put in a closed place such as pillows, blankets, or other thick materials so that the risk of triggering a fire.
3. Makes it difficult for you to sleep
Phones, tablets, TVs and other gadgets will emit blue light. A study shows that blue light can inhibit the production of the hormone melatonin - which functions to regulate sleep, and disrupt the circadian rhythm (the body's biological clock). This happens because blue light emits long waves like during the day, making the body think if it's still afternoon - all the time, even though it's already night.
When you want to sleep, make sure you have turned off all electronics two hours before going to bed. Better yet, keep your cellphone and laptop in another room when you sleep.
4. Disorders of brain cells
According to World Health Organization (WHO), cell phone radiation can affect the human nervous system so that it can cause cancer or tumors, especially in children, whose scalp and skull are thinner than adults, and more susceptible to radiation.
An environmental health scientist, Dr. Devra Davis, said that radiation exposure from mobile phones can cause damage to brain cells. Damaged brain cells make the risk of contracting various types of diseases increase, because the brain is the center of body control.
So, what should I do to avoid the bad effects of cellphones?
The following are simple and easy habits that you must do to avoid the bad influences of cellphones:
- Try to keep your cellphone or other electronic device away from the sleeping area so that you make sure you sleep away from the cellphone.
- As long as you sleep, change the phone mode to airplane or better turn off the cellphone.
- Get used to not playing the cellphone above 10 pm so you can sleep more calmly.
- Reduce checking your cellphone too often when you are working, meeting, or doing other important things to keep you focused.
