While it is true, the mobile phone represents today an indispensable item in the lives of adults, young people and increasingly, among children. It allows us to receive and make calls, have cameras with which we can capture and store endless memories and / or events, as well as multiple internet browsing activities, interaction in social networks ...
We all know how important it is to have one and how much fun it can be, but you also have to take into consideration that you have to use it responsibly.
It is recommended to limit the use of telephones, since their indiscriminate practice can cause disconnection with reality, high degree of dependency and especially in young people and children, demotivation towards physical activities and outdoor games.
Especially at bedtime, you should avoid using it, because once the brain detects that it is time to sleep, but still receives light from the cell phone, the brain becomes disoriented and records that light as part of the day delaying the sleep, which in turn causes insomnia.
Recent studies suggest that people who use mobile devices before going to sleep, experience difficulties in falling asleep, and the most affected sector of the population are adolescents, who have two disadvantages in this sense: they are more sensitive to light that adults and need more sleep to recover, which negatively affects their daily performance, due to the accumulated fatigue due to lack of sleep.
In summary, among the repercussions for health, are:
Watching the cell a long time reduces blinking, which can cause dryness and irritation in the eyes.
It alters the sleep cycle, which can cause memory to fail and affect the ability to assimilate knowledge.
Interrupting sleep also affects the hormones that control appetite, which increases the risk of obesity.
In the long term, not getting enough sleep can cause an accumulation of neurotoxins ... and this makes it even harder for us to have a good sleep.
A reduction in melatonin generates a greater possibility of falling into depression.
An investigation in Australia showed that there is an important relationship between the use of smartphones and sterility in men, as well as a reduction in sperm quality. And in both sexes, an increase in stress pictures.
In view of the above, it is suggested to avoid using the mobile phone as much as possible before going to sleep. If you do not want to turn off the phone at night, at least try to turn off the internet connection and leave it a meter from the bed.
So you know, at least while we sleep, turn off the cell phone or removed from our resting place!