How are those people who have been turning off the lights and looking at their phones for a long time doing now?

Do you have such a habit?

Lying in bed at night

Turn off the lights and take out your phone

Start browsing Weibo and watching Tik Tok

Or chat on WeChat, etc.

???

If you have

congratulations!!

This seemingly normal behavior

It is harming your eyes and body

So how does turning off the lights and looking at your phone affect our eyes and body?

The troubles of night owls

Many people still choose to look at their phones after turning off the lights at night. This habit may cause potential harm to their eyes and physical health.

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Eye fatigue: When looking at your phone for a long time in a dim environment, your eyes need to constantly adjust to the brightness of the screen, which can cause eye muscle fatigue and even cause headaches and dry eyes.

Myopia: Looking at a mobile phone at a close distance for a long time, especially in a dim environment, can easily cause myopia. This is because the brightness of the mobile phone screen and the darkness of the environment form a strong contrast, and the eyes need to constantly adjust to this contrast.

Dry eyes: When you turn off the lights and look at your phone, your eyes tend to become tired and dry because the phone screen evaporates moisture from the eye surface, causing dry eyes. In this case, the number of blinks will also decrease, further exacerbating the dryness of the eyes.

Glaucoma: Looking at the phone for a long time in a dim environment, especially using the phone at night, may cause the pupil to dilate, and induce glaucoma in people with risk factors for glaucoma such as shallow anterior chamber and narrow chamber angle.

In order to reduce the damage to the eyes when looking at the phone with the lights off, it is recommended that you turn on the night mode or adjust the screen brightness when looking at the phone at night to match the screen with the ambient light. In addition, try to avoid using the phone continuously for a long time and give your eyes a proper rest every once in a while. If you experience problems such as decreased vision and eye fatigue, you should seek medical attention in time.

The love-hate relationship between mobile phones and sleep

Turning off the lights and looking at your phone at night will not only affect your eyesight, but also your sleep quality. Many people tend to be in an excited state when looking at their phones at night, which will make the cerebral cortex active, leading to difficulty falling asleep or insomnia. In addition, the blue light emitted by the phone may interfere with the body's normal biological clock, making the brain mistakenly think it is daytime, thus affecting sleep quality. Good sleep is essential for a person's physical and mental health, and long-term lack of sleep may cause various health problems.

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In order to reduce the impact of playing with mobile phones at night on sleep, it is recommended that you try to avoid using mobile phones before going to bed. You can try to do some relaxing activities before going to bed, such as taking a hot bath, listening to light music, etc. In addition, if you need to use your mobile phone, you can choose night mode or lower the screen brightness to reduce the impact on your eyes and sleep.

The "silent protest" of the cervical spine

The impact of turning off the lights and watching the phone on the cervical spine is mainly manifested in the following aspects:

Cervical fatigue: Looking down at your phone for a long time will put your cervical spine in a state of fatigue. Maintaining this posture for a long time can easily lead to cervical pain, stiffness and headaches.

Cervical spondylosis: Turning off the lights and looking at the phone for a long time may cause cervical spondylosis, such as cervical spondylosis, cervical disc herniation, etc. These diseases can damage the blood circulation and nerves of the cervical spine, causing symptoms such as pain and numbness.

Bad posture: When turning off the lights and looking at the phone, people tend to keep their heads down unconsciously due to blurred vision. Maintaining this bad posture for a long time will cause deformation of the cervical spine and affect the normal physiological curvature of the cervical spine.

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In order to reduce the impact of turning off the lights to look at the phone on the cervical spine, it is recommended that you try to avoid looking down at the phone for a long time, and take appropriate rest and exercise to relieve the fatigue of the cervical spine. At the same time, turning on the light to look at the phone can help maintain the correct posture and reduce the burden on the cervical spine. If you experience symptoms such as discomfort or pain in the cervical spine, you should seek medical attention in time.

In general, long-term use of mobile phones with the lights off will not only affect your eyes and sleep, but also have adverse effects on your cervical spine. In order to protect your health, it is recommended that you try to avoid long-term use of mobile phones with the lights off, and maintain good living habits and a healthy lifestyle. If you experience symptoms such as decreased vision, cervical discomfort or sleep problems, you should seek medical attention in a timely manner. Source: Chongqing Tianji Network Co., Ltd.

Audit expert: Li Zhigao

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