Mobile Phone is used by almost all people. Due to the digital revolution, lots of things have changed. All kinds of things you can do using mobile. It is the need of the hour.

Continuous use of smartphones may lead to serious health issues. Though there are various advantages of mobile phones, they can lead to various health issues and here we look at it.

Here we look at how your mobile phone can harm you.

* Wherever you go, you carry your smartphone with you. At school, the workplace and while shopping we carry a mobile phone with us. Smartphones harbour viruses and bacteria like E. coli, that can make you sick.

* While texting or viewing messages and emails, you look down continuously which may lead to strains in neck muscles and you may face knots or spasms.

* If you hold your phone for a longer time while answering calls for a prolonged period it may lead to neck problems in future.

* While driving you should not use a smartphone for calling or for texting. Due to distraction while driving you may meet with an accident and it will result in injury or even in the worst scenario, death.

* Shorter wavelength blue lights by smartphones and other electronic screens cause serious health issues. Blue lights may contribute to heart disease, diabetes and other health conditions. It’s advisable to minimise the use of mobile phones.

* There are chances of causing serious health issues like cancer in the long run if you use mobile phones excessively.

* Excessive use of mobile phones may have harmful effects on your brain. Cell phone radiation is a possible human carcinogen. Also, brain tissue can be damaged due to radiation.

* Also it is observed that excessive mobile phone use can lead to bad rain tumours

Those were the harmful effects of mobile phones.