Nothing in excess is good. The 34-year-old woman diagnosed with what appears to be the first case of WhatsAppitis, an ailment of tendonitis, knows this well related to the use or abuse of the smartphone over an extended period of time. And it is that addiction to mobile phones and messages can have consequences on he alth, although for the moment only extreme cases are known.
According to the medical journal The Lancet, who coined the term WhatsAppitis to refer to tendonitis after prolonged use of WhatsApp, this case occurred last Christmas. In it, the protagonist is a 34-year-old pregnant woman who, after her work shift at the hospital on December 24, returns home and checks the messages from your account WhatsApp Something that is most common. However, instead of resting after the day, he spent about six hours returning Christmas cards through his smartphone, responding to all messages continuously for six hours
This caused him, along with the pain in his wrists that he already felt at the end of his workday, to also add a severe pain in the thumbs of both hands After her medical examination, without the possibility of using X-rays due to her pregnancy, she was diagnosed with tendonitis due to the continuous use of the thumbs for a period of such a prolonged time in the same position and effort. The treatment? Some anti-inflammatories and rest to avoid aggravating the ailment.
The curious thing about the case is that, a few days later, in the period of New Year's Eve, the patient had to attend a medical consultation again for present more pain in the same area Something that was related to a new and prolonged period of use of your terminal during this day, in which it is usual to send all kinds of congratulations and messages.
From the publication itself they recall that this is not the first case in which technology and addiction to it cause he alth problemsThis is how they remember that in the nineties Nintenditis were the most frequent variations of tendinitis after prolonged periods of time playing with video consoles such as theNintendo Game Boy And the misuse of technology has consequences.
At the moment there have been no known cases in which the use or misuse of the messaging application WhatsApp is related to some ailment, however the new term coined by The Lancet to diagnose these muscular pains after the abuse of smartphone is curious. when sending messages. And it is possible that it is not the only case that is made known, although it has taken several months to make it public. WhatsApp had a new record for messages sent and received during New Year's Eve, although it is also now known to have caused at least a good sore thumb as well.
