The Dangers Of Too Much Screen Time: How Technology Is Affecting Our Health -By Imamshafi Lukman

Screen time refers to the amount of time spent looking at a screen, such as a computer, tablet, or smartphone. This can include activities like browsing the internet, playing video games, or using social media. While screens are part of everyday life for many people, excessive screen time can have negative impacts on health and well-being.

Eye strain, headaches, disrupted sleep patterns can be caused by screen time which can also lead to a sedentary lifestyle, which can also increase the risk of obesity and related health problems. Excessive screen time can negatively impact mental health, especially in children and teenagers.

Teenagers of today based their day and night activities on screen, and find no fun even in physical life anymore, of which social media have took the full control of their lifetime, spending more than half of twenty four hours on screen in the name of chasing their dreams or having fun will definitely have health-threat effects on their physical and mental health.

Excessive exposure to radiant light can cause damage to the eyes, such as cataracts; Cataracts can cause cloudy or blurry vision, difficulty seeing at night, and sensitivity to light. And also macular degeneration; Macular degeneration is a medical condition that causes the loss of vision in the center of the visual field. It can make it difficult to read, drive, and recognize faces. And other vision problems.

Too much screen time can also influence the effect of long and short sightedness. Short-sightedness is when you can see nearby objects clearly, but objects in the distance appear blurry while Long-sightedness is when you can see distant objects clearly, but nearby objects appear blurry. Also this can be corrected with concave and convex glasses respectively but screen time will have worsen the conditions.