Can you describe some ways that computers adversely affect our health and well-being?

Question

Please give me some ideas for this homework question! Explain your answers please. Thanks!

Answer 1

A direct affect could be: getting CTS (carpal tunnel syndrome) from excess keyboard use (secretaries and IT people)
or burned from the battery of a laptop

An indirect affect could be:
computer makes people get out less, less active, less healthy
off chance of being shocked from lightning (your house) and it traveling through power to your computer, getting you
vision problems from the monitor
a lack of social interaction

Answer 2

Contact stress refers to the pressure that is put on different parts of the body whilst in a relatively fixed position. Wrist and hand problems are common with computers. For example, 'floating' your hand over the mouse for long periods leads to strain on the ligaments in the back of the hand and the wrist. The sensation is not unlike gripping a pen for long periods. Leaning wrists against hard surfaces such as the edge of the desk leads to similar problems.

Over time, health problems may occur as a result of high repetition of hand movements, forceful typing, or having bent wrists whilst using the key board. Carpal tunnel syndrome is a painful condition that affects the wrists and hands following pressure to the median nerve. Numbness may also be experienced in one or both hands and even the simplest of tasks involving the hands becomes a painful and sometimes impossible activity. Attention to posture, light keyboard actions and mouse movement and simple regular exercise (see Exercise) can help to prevent problems. If problems do arise it is important to stop and seek medical assistance. In extreme cases surgery may be required to relieve symptoms, but rest, coupled with remedial exercise, is the most likely medical intervention.

Any task that involves staring at a computer screen, no matter how exciting or interesting, leads to physical fatigue. So whilst you may be quite happy to press on with work your body may have other ideas. The most common physical complaints are eye strain and problems with vision (blurring and itching being typical). Headaches are also a product of prolonged staring at a screen.

Posture includes the factors previously discussed under Contact Stress. Long periods of time at the computer often leads to pain in the lumbar region of the back. Neck and shoulder problems also result from poor seating and the poor organization of equipment on the desk (stretching for the telephone or files etc).

PLEASE READ SOME MORE about RSI (or repetitive strain injury) conditions. RSI is the term previously given to damage to muscles, nerves, tendons, tendon sheaths or other soft tissues resulting from overuse or misuse usually in the upper limbs. The lower limbs, back shoulders and other parts of the body however, can also be affected. Unfortunately the term does not conform to conventional criteria for the description of disease and this can lead to confusion - particularly if litigation is contemplated - for it implies the existence of a physical condition with an identifiable cause. Physical signs may be imprecise or absent, the word 'strain' is not used in its true mechanical sense - but in a lay sense - and 'injury' suggests a single culpable event. However, the term 'RSI' has wide understanding in lay circles and the RSI Associations do valuable work for their members and it is reasonable that the term continues - if only to prevent it being replaced by something equally imprecise and providing the qualifications to its use are appreciated.

That includes:
Bursitis or 'Beat Hand'
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
'Diffuse RSI' or 'Non-Specific Pain Syndrome'
Dupuytren's Contracture
Epicondylitis (Tennis or Golfer's Elbow)
Ganglion Cyst
Raynaud's Disease (see also Vibration White Finger)
Tendinitis
Tenosynovitis
Thoracic Outlet Syndrome
Vibration White Finger (see also Raynaud's Disease)
Writer's Cramp

Check it out at:
http://www.rsi.org.uk/to_headerpage2.asp

Answer 3

in case you have an old shaped super shade CRT video exhibit, you ought to sprain your back once you attempt to advance it to circulate it around and it generates X-rays that must be inflicting radiation harm on your legs. in case you have a laser printer, the toner can get into your lungs once you're cleansing the printer. And in case you have no longer have been given issues tidily set up, you ought to holiday on the wires, fall and ruin your neck. And Lithium-Ion batteries utilized in lots of laptop workstation's have been subject to distinctive recollects because of the fact they have a habit of overheating and catching fire. for sure desktops are a community in want of lots added government regulation to make certain that human beings placed on appropriate protection dresses earlier they boot up their machines. Write your representative. Do your area to maintain the youngsters. How come no one asks regarding the hazards of electric powered mixers interior the kitchen? Chocolate chips: threat or threat?

Answer 4

carpal tunnel syndrome is from too much typing
laptops batteries get hot and can burn ur skin
damage eyes from look CRT monitors too much

Answer 5

too much time on the computer, not enough excercise

carpal tunnel syndrome

too much time on the computer, not enough person-to-person contact maybe this lead to depression

vision problems