According to the recent studies it is
proved that internet is the most important and integral part of many people’s
personal lives and works. The number of people using the internet has been
approximately doubled over the past years; this is because of the reason that
the internet made the life easier by providing all the required information’s
more accessible to the users and also created easy connections with verity
people around the world. Moreover, as a result of this, the people spend a too
much of time in front of the computer it becomes the center of living and all
this lead to the computer or internet addiction.
The impact of internet addiction
The over and continuous usage of the
internet can cause several mental and health problems. That the impact of the
internet addiction or the disorder causing some problems such as
1 - Physical effects: The over usage of the internet can cause inactive lifestyle’s, weight gain and decline in physical fitness. Symptoms of these physical effects include carpel tunnel syndrome, dry eyes, migraine headaches, a failure in personal hygiene and backaches.
2 - Depression and anxiety: The anxiety and depression are also caused by the overuse of internet. The people are engaged with the internet by gaming, pornography, social networking and chat rooms. The internet addicts using all these sites as a replacement or real-life socializing, and these results in depression. The studies showing that the social phobia is the reason for depression syndrome and because of this there is a chance of excessive internet use in the adolescents.
3 - Sleeping disorders: Next effect is the sleeping disorder or sleeping disturbances. According to the “Journal of sleep” and the journal of the American Academy of pediatrics it is found that the usage of computer among the adolescent was fully depended on their later bed times, less restful sleep, later waking time and an overall decrease in sleep. The internet usage before the bedtime causing many physical problems such as the light from the screens can cause circadian rhythms and possibly be contributing to insomnia.
2 - Depression and anxiety: The anxiety and depression are also caused by the overuse of internet. The people are engaged with the internet by gaming, pornography, social networking and chat rooms. The internet addicts using all these sites as a replacement or real-life socializing, and these results in depression. The studies showing that the social phobia is the reason for depression syndrome and because of this there is a chance of excessive internet use in the adolescents.
3 - Sleeping disorders: Next effect is the sleeping disorder or sleeping disturbances. According to the “Journal of sleep” and the journal of the American Academy of pediatrics it is found that the usage of computer among the adolescent was fully depended on their later bed times, less restful sleep, later waking time and an overall decrease in sleep. The internet usage before the bedtime causing many physical problems such as the light from the screens can cause circadian rhythms and possibly be contributing to insomnia.
Internet/computer addiction symptoms
causes and effects.
The computer or internet addiction is
the excessive use of the latter or the former. This addiction can be found out and
treated by doing Preventive Health Checkup Packages, and Routine Health Checkups. The internet addiction and the effects are so common in today’s life,
which is common among young people, especially among children’s life. The treatment can be done based on the
symptoms.
Typical symptoms of online addicts:
- Feelings of guilt
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Dishonesty
- Euphoric feelings when in front of the computer
- Unable to keep schedules
- No sense of time
- Isolation
- Defensiveness
- Avoiding doing work
- Agitation
These are the common symptoms found out
in the internet addicts. By doing a preventive health checkup package some of
the effects can be sorted out. Also, the treatment can also be suggested for
such addicts.
Summary
The impact of the internet addiction
in our health is an important matter because it affects the adolescents and
also the children’s. This addiction can be controlled by doing the health
checkups. There are many health checkup packages are available preventive as
well as the routine checkups. Preventive checkups help to so solve and prevent
the addiction problems.
People must control the internet
addiction because; the internet addiction is very dangerous to the family,
health, and finances. Hence every addict must care about the addiction and they
must seek medicinal help for avoiding the unhealthy attitude towards the
internet.
