For the elderly, smartphones are their "passport" to the digital age. Enjoy the convenience and fun of getting information, socializing, shopping and even seeing a doctor through the Internet. A survey of 305 elderly people over the age of 60 shows that 207 elderly people use smart phones to access the Internet every day, and the most commonly used applications are short videos, chats, film and television, shopping, audiobooks, social information, etc.
Every day at 5 a.m., "surfing" time starts
"I retired 3 years ago, although I live with my children, but they have to work during the day, I don't know anyone in the yard, what do I do without swiping my mobile phone?" The 64-year-old Liu Zhendong said of his experience of "touching the net", "and through the Internet I can also learn new knowledge." Although retired, we have to keep pace with the times and cannot be left behind. ”
Every day at 5 a.m., the elderly Liu Zhendong woke up and opened the audiobook to listen for a while. He likes to solve crimes and has recently been chasing a radio drama. Get up at 6:30, prepare breakfast, wash up, and get up until the grandchildren are sent to school and come home at 8 a.m. "I love singing, there are vocal distance classes online specifically for the elderly, and the first one or two lessons can be auditioned for free. I listen to this teacher today, tomorrow I will try to listen to that teacher, anyway, it does not cost money, we have to learn to use this resource on the Internet. As I get older, I have to learn to have fun on my own. ”
After lunch, lying in bed, he began to browse the news. "I used to watch TV, now I'm used to looking for it online." The old man laughed and said, "Mentioning Internet addiction can not just talk about us, young people are more addicted." When eating, they all held their mobile phones and looked at each other, and they did not speak to each other. Watching the family sit together, I had to rely on my little grandson to adjust the atmosphere. ”
However, after brushing his mobile phone for a long time, the elderly Liu Zhendong felt that his vision was not as good as before. "I thought about it before, and it was normal to be able to see things clearly." Later, after observing, after looking at the phone for a long time, the eyes felt particularly dry. ”
The harm of "Internet addiction" to the elderly
"Even for young people, addicting to mobile phones can have all kinds of harms." The impact of Internet addiction on the elderly is even more 'a whole body'. Ren Yanping, deputy director of the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, said.
As far as the eyes are concerned, with the increase of age, people's vision itself will undergo degenerative changes, retinal arteriosclerosis, macular degeneration, etc., if you stare at the screen for a long time, or even turn off the lights to brush the mobile phone, it will accelerate fundus lesions.
"I have always maintained a bowed posture, and my cervical spine is also under great pressure. Young people will have cervical spondylosis because of long-term brushing of mobile phones, not to mention the elderly who already have degenerative lesions. "Ren Yanping told reporters that the cervical spine is not good, which will cause multiple effects, such as insufficient cerebral blood supply leading to dizziness." If it is a young person, you can judge it when you have such symptoms, but the elderly are accompanied by other diseases such as hypertension, and when the body is uncomfortable, it is difficult to determine what is causing it, resulting in anxiety and even fear, causing a vicious circle and aggravating the process of other potential diseases. ”
Ren Yanping believes that it is easy to forget the time when the mobile phone is brushed, and sitting for a long time will affect the blood circulation of the lower limbs, making the cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases high. In addition, some elderly people brush videos with a special sense of substitution, and emotions and even psychology will fluctuate greatly with the video content, which is also easy to induce other diseases.
In his daily treatment, Ren Yanping encountered several patients who did not take medicine on time according to the doctor's instructions, and found that the symptoms recurred when he returned to the clinic a few years later. Asked why, the patient replied that "the Internet said that this medicine is not necessary to take", which made her cry and laugh. "I often hear patients discussing ' the phone says this medicine is very good, do you want to take a little'. Not all of the information on the Internet is correct, especially the treatment of the disease, which varies from person to person. ”
To this end, she suggested that the elderly must control the time when surfing the Internet, try to use the device with a large screen to see in a bright environment, take a heads-up angle, and reduce cervical pressure. In terms of information sources, if there is no way to filter the information, go to the source of this information, whether it is browsing information or health and wellness knowledge, be sure to choose official media and platforms.
Reporters Shi Yuhan, Li Ping, Li Yongli
Source: Sanqin Metropolis Daily
Editor: Zhang Jiameng
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