{"id":1919,"date":"2020-03-18T16:51:07","date_gmt":"2020-03-18T23:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/?p=1919"},"modified":"2020-03-20T15:32:25","modified_gmt":"2020-03-20T22:32:25","slug":"increased-head-neck-injuries-from-cellphone-usage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/increased-head-neck-injuries-from-cellphone-usage\/","title":{"rendered":"Increased Head &#038; Neck Injuries from Cellphone Usage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Cellphones\nhave been a staple accessory since the iPhone was invented in 2007. In addition\nto helping us connect with others all over the world and improve our speed of\ncommunication, cellphone usage may also be responsible for an increase in head\nand neck injuries. <\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"newresearch-on-head-neck-injuries\">New\nResearch on Head &amp; Neck Injuries<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/man-walking-in-front-of-glass-framed-building-1251838-1280x853.jpg\" alt=\"Man walking while looking at cellphone\" class=\"wp-image-1920\" width=\"383\" height=\"254\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/man-walking-in-front-of-glass-framed-building-1251838-1280x853.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/man-walking-in-front-of-glass-framed-building-1251838-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/man-walking-in-front-of-glass-framed-building-1251838-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/man-walking-in-front-of-glass-framed-building-1251838-scaled.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 383px) 100vw, 383px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This past\nDecember, research was published in the journal <em>JAMA Otolaryngology\u2013Head &amp; Neck Surgery<\/em> looking at the\nrelationship between smartphone usage and injuries to the head and neck. While\nprevious research has been conducted on cellphone and injuries, they only\nlooked at those associated with distracted walking. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The lead author of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/jamanetwork.com\/journals\/jamaotolaryngology\/article-abstract\/2756314\" title=\"Head and Neck Injuries Associated With Cell Phone Use | JAMA Otolaryngology-Head &amp; Neck Surgery\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Head and Neck Injuries Associated With Cell Phone Use<\/a>,\u201d Dr. Boris Paskhover started looking into the data after seeking a number of patients with broken jaws and wounds on their face who reported their injuries stemmed from falling while looking down at their phones. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The study\nexamined cellphone-related injuries to the head and neck as reported by the\nNational Electronic Injury Surveillance System, a database that collects\ninformation on emergency room visits from hundreds of hospitals in the U.S. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nresearchers looked at reports from 2,501 patients from January 1998 to December\n2017. Head and neck injuries from cellphone use were considered rare until the\ninvention of the iPhone in 2007. Since then there was a steep increase, peaking\nin 2016. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>About 40\npercent of the injuries occurred in cellphone users between 13 to 29. A third\nof the cases involved injury to the head, a third affected the face (eyelids,\neyes and nose) and 12 percent involved the neck. <\/p>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"howdo-cellphones-cause-injuries\">How\nDo Cellphones Cause Injuries?<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Most of the\ncellphone-related injuries occurred when people fell because they were looking\nat their phones instead of paying attention to their surroundings. This\nincludes texting while walking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Children\nyounger than 13 were injured by the phones themselves. Either the child was hit\nby a phone held in a parent\u2019s hand or the child was holding the phone and\ndropped it on themselves. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sandiegoent.com\/throat\/head-neck\/scar-revisions\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Lacerations accounted for 26 percent of all injuries (opens in a new tab)\">Lacerations accounted for 26 percent of all injuries<\/a>. This type of injury can lead to an increase in anxiety and lower self-esteem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Around 25\npercent of the injuries were bruises and abrasions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another 18\npercent were injury to internal organs. \u201cWe have a skull that protects our\nbrain, but it doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s impervious. Your brain is soft,\u201d said\nPaskhover. \u201cI see patients who die just from falling. A fall from upright \u2013 you\nfall, you hit your head the wrong way, you get a traumatic brain injury.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While these\nresults are not dramatic enough to warrant a ban on cellphone use, it should\nmake you rethink your use of the device. \u201cDon\u2019t be distracted \u00ad\u00ad\u2013 period,\u201d he\nsaid. \u201cBe self-aware. Answer a text message, fine, but you shouldn\u2019t be walking\naround reading articles on your phone.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn\nmore about how to protect your head and neck from injury, contact the experts\nat San Diego ENT. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cellphones have been a staple accessory since the iPhone was invented in 2007. In addition to helping us connect with others all over the world and improve our speed of communication, cellphone usage may also be responsible for an increase in head and neck injuries. 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