WhatsAppitis Is a Thing Now
It seems like Facebook buying WhatsApp for 19 billion dollars was a smart move after all. We are addicted to our smartphones. They are so good to be true that we just can’t take our eyes, hands and full attention off of them.
When you get a WhatsApp message, don’t you find it impossible not to answer back? How many hours do you spend on your smartphone a day – four, maybe six? Be careful, you could get WhatsAppitis.
WhatsAppitis is an actual disease, according to the medical journal The Lancet. A 34-year-old pregnant Spanish woman was admitted to the hospital after suffering from excruciating pain in both of her wrists.
The patient, who had no history of trauma, had spent Christmas Eve working. She then spent the next day replying to the holiday messages she had received via WhatsApp. She held her 130 gram phone, moving both thumbs for six consecutive hours.
Dr. Inés Fernandez-Guerrero of Granada’s General University hospital diagnosed her as having the first ever case of WhatsAppitis, giving her pain killers and banning her from using her phone.
Social networks have made it easier to communicate and keep up with the world and, let’s face it, social media is fun – sharing special moments on Instagram, keeping up with friends on WhatsApp or Snapchat. But hurting our hands and cramping our thumbs is not cool. Pain is neither pretty nor amusing. So be careful and give yourself a break every now and then!
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