COMPUTER RELATED HEALTH DISORDERS

Title: COMPUTER RELATED HEALTH DISORDERS

Author: Sumedha M Joshi

Publisher: Bombay Hospital Journal

URL: http://www.bhj.org/journal/2004_4505_jan/html/computer_37.htm

Computer is one of the most useful tools created on the modern times. People spend most of their times in front of a computer and being connected on line. This modern tool because of excessive use can also be a source of many illness like , CarpAl Tunnel Syndrome, Repetitive Strain Injuries (RSI), Computer Vision Syndrome, Electromagnetic Radiation, Depression, Computer Addiction or Cyber addiction or Internet Addictive Disorders. These illnesses are proven to be the result of over spending time in front of a computer. These illnesses can be avoided by changing working habits and time spending in front of a computer.

Three things I learned:

I learned that computer can really be one of major cause of human modern type of illnesses, if we really don’t minimize and control computer use.

I learned that spending unreasonable time of our in the internet, especially social network can result to depression.

I learned that spending too much time using the mouse can really damage our hands and can really cause as a greater amount of money for medicine.

As a librarian, most of the 60 percent of my work is I spend in front of a computer, especially now that I am working on with the computerization of our system. I will take for considerations some precautionary measure to avoid really serious illnesses that cause by excessive use of computer.