The “silver generation” should also prevent themselves from becoming addicted to the Internet!

In order to regulate the online behavior of minors, major electronic product manufacturers have launched an "anti-addiction system" also called "youth mode" to encourage minors to develop good online and gaming habits and protect their physical and mental health.

Long-term use of electronic products does have certain harmful effects on physical health, but it is not just teenagers who need to use electronic products in moderation, people of all ages, including middle-aged and elderly people.

The harm of electronic products to the body

The first thing that long-term use of electronic products affects is the eyes. As middle-aged and elderly people age, their visual adjustment ability declines and their eyes are easily fatigued. Staring at electronic screens for a long time can not only easily cause visual fatigue and vision loss, but also easily cause dry eyes and accelerate the development of eye diseases such as cataracts.

Hua Xia, director of Tianjin University Aier Eye Hospital, said that cataracts are not uncommon among the middle-aged and elderly. As the demand for eye care among the middle-aged and elderly increases, the incidence of cataracts is also increasing. The elderly must remember to use electronic products in moderation and pay attention to controlling the length of time they use them. Once problems such as decreased vision occur, they should go to the hospital in time for treatment. Cataracts are eye diseases that will continue to develop. It is important to understand the early symptoms of cataracts and prevent and treat them in time.

Early symptoms of cataracts

If you find that your vision is gradually blurring, you see double images, or your presbyopia suddenly improves, it may be caused by cataracts. In addition, some patients will find that color recognition has decreased, the world in front of them is no longer as bright as before, the color contrast of objects is no longer clear and strong, as if the world has become black and white, and symptoms such as day blindness and night blindness will also appear.

In addition to affecting the eyes, long-term use of mobile phones will also affect the cervical and lumbar spine. The elderly are often accompanied by cervical and lumbar spine diseases. Long-term bending down will put a burden on the cervical and lumbar spine, so more attention should be paid to this.

The Internet is also a double-edged sword for the elderly. Moderate Internet use is beneficial to the elderly maintaining physical and mental health.