Apparently, just a meager part of the users of mobile phone knows how hazardous using a mobile phone could be to human’s health. Mobile phone which is now a vital aspect in communication today has been proven to have some side effect if used in an excessive way and report has found it that the side effect a mobile phone could be very deadly to humanity leading to some irrevocable action that could take away lives, and can also contribute to the gradual destruction of the biosphere.
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Though we might see the benefit of using a mobile phone outshine its disadvantages, and for that sake, neglect the short comes in the excessive use of it. Do you know that the damage caused by mobile phone to humans does not just happen overnight? It takes gradual process that later turns into something severe in the future which by then, the damage might be resistance to treatment and so repel cure.
The question now is, for a device like a cell phone that we use every day and has a gradual damage on human health, how much of the damage have we been able to consume before they turn into something big in our body system? Or, how can you possibly weigh the damages a mobile phone is causing on you over the time you’ve been using it?
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Skin Damage
According to Mayo Clinic, the frequent use of mobile phone can be destructive to your skin, by causing acne and burns on your face. It was recorded that, the frequent call we make and receive, the more we are exposed to the damages of a cell phone and the more we’re likely to have bad skin, this happens because, when you keep your phone close to your face while receiving calls, you create a friction between your face and the surface of the phone and that part of the face you use in receiving calls begins to burn out gradually till the damage is glary for everyone to see.
To avoid causing fatal damage to your skin when using your mobile phone to make calls, always use a hands free device and avoid bringing your phone in contact to your skin.
Cancer
Another damage that a mobile phone could cause to human health is cancer. As deadly as we all know cancer to be, did you know that a mobile phone can also contribute to it? Research has made us known that cancer can also be gotten through mobile phone usage. Mobile phone emits radio waves which heats up the tissues in the body and thereby causes damages in the body system which later results to cancer.
Cancer can be very painful and stressful, with many sufferers looking at strong medication in order to mitigate these symptoms in their struggle. By getting to know the health defects attached to the frequent use of a mobile phone, you will agree with me that the best way to avoid causing hazard to your health is by reducing the rate at which you allow your phone to come in contact with your skin.
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Ear Defects
Finally, one major danger of excess use of a cell phone is the risk of damaging the ear drum. A large percent of ear problem reported are caused by the harmful way people use their mobile device. To avoid the risk of damaging your ear drum, whenever you want to make or receive calls let your phone’s speaker stay at a reasonable distance from your ear or reduce your phone speaker’s volume whenever you want to put it near your ear.
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By following the tips I’ve shared in this post you will not only learn that using your mobile phone wrongly is dangerous to your health, but you’ll also learn ways to use your mobile phone without using it to inflict injuries to yourself.
I wonder if it is true that we shouldn’t answer cell phones on our right ear?Because it can cause more damage to our brain. So I’m answering my phone using my left ear. LOL.. The article content is very helpful especially most people use cell phones today. Thanks
Yes, using your cell phone to receive call on your right ear might cause ear damage and eventually lead to brain problem (that’s if the volume of your speaker is at an unreasonable rate), and this is applicable to both ears.
My advice, when you receive phone calls, avoid putting the phone too close to your ear! And alternatively, you can use an ear phone that will not intensify the noise your phone makes during a phone call.
Thanks for the comment.
This is very useful information and it matters in our daily life.But it is a difficult job not to make much use of cellphones as without cell phones our life will be incomplete.Anyway thanks for the information and the awareness of the dangers of the cell phone.
Thanks for the nice comment Junaid.
Yes, putting away cell phones in our lives will be a very difficult choice, and that’s why it’s important to learn how to use it without making it hurt us.
scaring truth but we all are addicted to cellphone … its like smokers knows “smoking kills”. but hardly do anything to stop smoking..
Cancer and ear defects are serious problems.. but we all are hooked to cellphone can hardly do anything about that
wonderful article thanks for sharing
That’s just the point! How do we leave cell phones, knowing that it is hazardous to our health, yet it plays an important role in every circle of our lives?
Thanks for the comment Bryan.
Can’t live without my cell phone actually, but thank goodness I only use text rather than call. 🙂
Great! It’s great you only do texts on your mobile phone, I also can’t live without mine 🙂
Thanks for the comment.
Hi John, I am still unsure on the research into this. You hear on the news so often that the use of mobile phones can cause Cancer, brain issues, ear problems etc. but you also hear about those studies which blow these theories out of the water.
Is there any 100% concrete evidence yet?
You do post some good tips, like make sure the volume level is reasonable, so kudos for those 🙂
Anyhow, interesting article all the same 🙂
Thanks
Christopher
It’s true that there’s been rumors about how the use of mobile phones can affect one’s health, but I did some reasonable research before writing the article and the points here are backed by educational findings.
Thanks for the compliments.
Good to know John 🙂
This is kind of like smoking we know it’s bad and causes cancer, but people still do it. There is a chemical addiction involved with smoking. With cell phone use, there is an addiction to some extent, not chemical, but something. When I read about studies that say cell phone use doesn’t cause any harm or cancer I sometimes wonder if cell phone companies might be paying for a positive report or review. I am sure people would still use cell phones just as much even if there was a warning on the label like tobacco.
Cell phones are undoubtedly a nuisance in many ways, but they cannot cause cancer. Period.
Please read this : “What’s New” a period email from Bob Park, physics professor at the University of Maryland.
The danger and side effects of using cell phone is continuously study by researchers and experts. They are raising this issue because there are a lot of reports around the world that involves the negative effects of cell phone. This is alarming of course, because most of the people worldwide are using cell phones so we really need to be aware of it. In this article, you really share the idea of the danger of it so thanks for sharing John.
I definitely think there has been a decrease in the amount of phone calls made to others in general, especially with social media and text messaging. And it sounds like this is a good thing!
I don’t believe in this stuff. If they were so hazardous the government would protect us from it.
Especially American reports I don’t take very seriously. American reports almost always conclude that you can get cancer from anything and everything. Using a phone, eating apples, eating fastfood. Whatever it is you can get sick from it. They are just a bit paranoid. No matter how healthy you live you can still get sick. There are people that work out daily, eat only healthy, don’t drink coffee or soda. never smoked a cigarette in their lives and stay away from second hand smoke, but die of lung cancer.
Then there are people that are drinking, smoking, eating fastfood 3 times a week. etc. and they live to be hundred.
Stop wasting your time being worried about what might happen. Just enjoy the moment and live life!
So true. Some people try to stay healthy but ended up getting sick. Some just don’t care about their health but live long. I guess you’re right Danny, we should stop worrying too much and enjoy life!
Any scientific proofs regarding malfunctioning of our internal organs due to the excess radio waves from mobile phones?
So don’t you think that cellphones should come with a warning.. graphic warning just like cigarettes. No more attractive boxes..rather a gruesome picture of the dangers of excessive cell phone usage. Customers are always exploited by corporates.
Great article. Yes cell phones can be sometime dangerous to use.Now a days many people use cell phones and life can not be imagine without these. And yes, I agree with the factors you have mentioned, And even in newspapers we can read the news related to these factors. By the way thank you so much for sharing great information with us.
Wow this is really surprising, there’s me using my cell phone pretty much all day without thinking of any health impacts.
The manufacturers certainly don’t talk about that on their fancy advertisements and packaging!
Yes, it’s really bad when use excessively. I tried this, I have a conversation with my friend for long hours and after that, I have too much sweat in the part where I put my phone and I felt some burn and irritation in my cheeks. It really hurts and all I can do at that time is to touch it just to have a temporary loss of the pain. We should really be aware of the proper usage of cell phones.
Hi, John, the reason behind skin problem is that our body can be charged( charged means getting positive and negative charges). When we use cell phone the waves emitted from the cell phone charge our skin and as every charged particle needs to be stable so it creates disturbance in skin tissues, which ultimately creates the skin problems.