Living in this new era everything is moving on as fast as it could be. Now is the world of the computer, the internet and all type of gadget. Parents are exposing this new age thing to their children as early as possible. It would also help their children in growing development and some of it helps lessen parenting task. Include me, my 6 year old daughter have been exposed to the usage of computer since 2 years old. At the beginning stage is more likely showing a video. Past over the time child are more likely know how to use a simple application of the computer such as playing games and playing their movie. Now my daughters know how to browse the internet. Well surely there will be pro and con on exposing the internet to a child. Negatively because of exploited and unrated website. But not to worry as the expert and application have their own security to avoid this negative effect.
What I would like to discuss is the computer and internet negative effect on health. This health effect problem can crucial a child and parent. Do we know that sitting to long using a computer and internet can cause death? You should know about this health effect, a passage from an informative e mail I received.
Lately you hear some webmasters attacked by various diseases so that there are so critical to have them admitted to hospital for monitoring his health. In fact some of them have reached the critical stage until the attack of angina stroke.
Many people still do not realize that sitting too long at the computer or working for hours passively on a chair to make the muscles of our body feels stiff, hard and painful eye. In fact, other than minor complaints such other hidden threats that pose a risk to health.
New Zealand Medical Journal in a recent issue reported a study of the New Zealand Institute of Medical Research showed that office workers who spend too long sitting at their desks a higher risk of blood clots. Researchers found that one third of patients admitted to hospital suffering from blood vein thrombosis (DVT) or blood clot, are those who spend hours at a computer.
Disease Deep vein Thrombosis (DVT) is caused by blood clots that cause the blood vessels, especially veins in the thighs and calves are blocked. This occurs because blood flow is not a result of a passive activity and rest is redundant.
This will be exacerbated when the room is occupied by air-conditioned cool air which accelerates the rate of blood clots, especially in the legs.
Lead researcher Professor Richard Beasley said some office workers who suffer from the problem sitting in front of a computer screen for more than 10 hours a day. This problem is usually faced by workers in the information technology industry and call centers.
Approximately 34 percent of the 62 samples that had blood clots are those who are in a long time working with the seats, while the other 21 percent is composed of patients who travel long-haul flying, as quoted by AFP.
DVT itself is by health experts is the formation of a blood clot in the artery, most often found in the foot. The clot can move to the heart, lungs or brain and can cause pain in the chest, shortness of breath or even death from a heart attack or stroke.
Pulmonary Consultant, Institute of Respiratory Medicine, Dr Ashari Yunus said the blood clot came from the legs, but can also originate from blood vessels in the arm, but the right heart catheter tip is placed in blood vessels. In extremely rare cases, fat or tissue from the tumor or a group of bacteria may be gathered in the arteries of the lungs.
Why pulmonary embolism is occurs?
Humans have a pair of lungs. Consistent blood pumped from the right heart to the lungs and back into the left heart. In the lungs, the blood takes oxygen and removes carbon dioxide, metabolic waste.
Arteries carry oxygen-rich blood throughout the body. Blood vessels are less oxygen carrying blood back to heart. Blood clots that occur in blood vessels to flow into the blood vessels in the heart right before going into the arteries of the lungs, there restrictions may apply.
Restrictions may occur in small arteries, but the lungs are very 'fragile' because all the blood in the body through the lungs each time round. Often, the risk of blood clots to form and spread throughout the lungs.
Symptoms:
1. Quickly exhausted.
2. Breathlessness.
3. Chest pain.
4. Pulse rate.
5. Weakness in the legs.
6. Poor appetite.
7. Cough.
8. Shortness of breath either at rest or active.
How You Can Prevent:
1. Wearing a sock to prevent blood clots in blood vessels (deep vein thrombosis). It serves to grip the skin and vein to draw blood does not stagnate.
2. Multiply movement, especially in the legs.
3. Avoid drinking Ice.
4. Avoid opening the air conditioning was too cold.
5. Always drink the hot water.
6. Exercise.
Treatment:
Usually patients are treated with drugs that stop and slow down blood clots, such as heparin and warfarin. Both help prevent existing clots from becoming larger and stop the formation of new blood clots.
If pulmonary embolism suffered life-threatening, the doctor will usually recommend therapy thrombolytic (remove blood clots from the body with the enzyme systems that acts to solve).
So as the research told. Very scary indeed as we wouldn’t think it would be that crucial. It is advisable to limit the time of computer usage to your child. And also for parent limit your usage time.
I hope this article will help us towards a healthy family lifestyle
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