Smartphone Use Connected to More Severe Headaches

[Northerner]

Smartphone use in patients with primary headache is connected to more medication use and less pain relief, new research shows.

Investigators found 96% of patients with headache who used smartphones took pain relievers compared to 81% of their counterparts with headache who did not use smartphones.

Furthermore, smartphone users reported they received less pain relief from analgesics vs those who did not use smartphones — with 84% of smartphone users reporting moderate or complete relief of headache pain vs 94% of non-users.

"While these results need to be confirmed with larger and more rigorous studies, the findings are concerning, as smartphone use is growing rapidly and has been linked to a number of symptoms, with headache being the most common," study author Deepti Vibha, MD, DM, MSc, additional professor of neurology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, said in a press release.

Smartphone Use Connected to More Severe Headaches

Smartphone use in patients with primary headache is connected to more medication use and less pain relief, new research shows.

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[mikeyB]

I haven’t had a headache for years. I use a smartphone and an iPad. Am I missing out?

And why did 81% of non-phone users not take medication for the headaches? Did they go for a lie down in a darkened room? Which smartphone free population were researched? Do these folk live a long way from a chemist?

Shabby science, if you ask me.

 

[trophywench]

Pete had one, one day last week whereas I rarely get one bad enough to bother taking a paracetamol, can't even remember the last time I did. However with Sod's Law, I probably will do now I've said that !

 

[MikeTurin]

Using the work smartphone makes me have a lot of headaches.
I suppose that using a regular phone makes no difference in this case 😎