Sms tendonitis

As researchers investigate the likely problems that may arise from the use of cellular phones, we already seem to have full confirmation of some unforeseeable problems.

Of course, the diagnosis could only have come from Italy, one of the countries with the most widespread use of mobile phones, especially by the young and very young. According to the press lately, a 14 year old girl from Savona (Italy) has been diagnosed with acute tendinitis of the thumb caused by massive sending of smses, says the doctor, to which the very young girl was passionately dedicated.

The fourteen year old’s amazing daily average had reached over 100 messages. But it’s not a unique case. Just a few days earlier there had been a case of a boy of the same age with wrist tendinitis caused by many hours playing the latest video game.

With this unhappy new milestone comes another risk to the health of today’s high tech youngsters, already affected by the same cell phones and videogames in terms of overweight, sedentariness, reduction of the already little time dedicated to reading, and even the most extreme situations in which epilexy, aggressiveness and learning difficulties are manifested.