Everyone had to change their lifestyle habits due to the Covid 19 pandemic. Everyone, without exception. In addition to this, many have also had to change their working habits.
Offices, desks, lunch breaks with colleagues: everything has been replaced en masse by the infamous smart working.
It happened gradually but is now the most used form of work. This made technology become our window to the world. So, smartphone and PC in hand and let’s go to work. Indeed, to be precise, only the smartphone is in the hand. The PC is usually kept on the desk or, it often happens and denying it is not valid, on the legs.
But are we sure that this habit is not dangerous? Is it true that using the PC on the legs is very harmful to health?
Infertility
One of the most relevant voices on this issue is that of Professor Yefim Sheynkin of the University of New York. The alarm raised by Sheynkin is that holding the PC on the legs for a prolonged period would increase the temperature of the scrotum, compromising the activity and quality of spermatozoa. Other studies have been carried out on this, but there are still no certain confirmations.
Back problems
Keeping the PC on the legs forces anyone to assume a wrong posture. The body naturally leans forward towards the PC. This wrong posture, if taken for a long time, can cause kyphosis, which is a curvature of the spine. The computer should always be used with the aid of a support that allows you to maintain a straight and relaxed position of the shoulders and neck.
Skin Problems: Toaster Syndrome
The borderline case was described by the American magazine Pediatrics. A little boy went to the doctor after he noticed some strange spots on his left leg. The boy had spent the last few months playing PC, holding the same on his legs.
He had felt some warmth on his leg, but he hadn’t given it any weight and continued to carry on his habits. The result was the appearance of these permanent spots on the skin, a reaction very similar to that caused by prolonged exposure to sunlight. Not to mention the damage that the light of the PC causes to the skin of the face and décolleté.
So is it true that using the PC on the legs is very harmful to health? The answer is obviously yes. Even when this pandemic is a distant memory – because it will happen sooner or later – keeping these risks in mind can help prevent disease and dysfunction. Each innovation brings with it pros and cons and knowledge is always the best weapon to defend and preserve oneself.
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