PEN0045 COMMUNICATIVE ENGLISH

Title of the essay

: What are the effects of the over-use of computer on peoples health?

Student name

: Ow Yee Seng

Students ID

: 1132700662

Students group

: PE 06

Name of lecturer

: Ms.Nurhazlini binti Rahmat

In twenty-first century, technology has improved humans lives so much especially

the use of computer which really made life easier. Nonetheless, each coin has two sides, as
personal computer is getting popular nowadays; one rising issue is overuse of computer.
According to researches done by University of Chicago, over-use of computer will bring a lot
of bad effects on peoples health. The harmful effects to peoples health when overusing
computer are suffering computerrelated injuries, eyestrain and unhealthy lifestyle.
Firstly, one of the negative effects of over-using computer on computer addicts health
is computer-related injuries. The common computer-related injuries caused by long time
sitting are headaches, shoulder, arm and back pain. Although sitting require less muscular
support than standing, they still need to hold parts of their body steady for long period of time
which can cause physical fatigue. Muscles and tendons will become painful with awkward
postures and repetitive movements. All of these are known as overuse injury and is common
among most of the computer users.
Other than computer-related injuries, people also strain their eyes when overuse
computer. Starring at a computer screen for hours has become part of the modern workday.
Inevitably, all of that starring will put a real strain on their eyes. People will suffer from
blurred vision and dry red eyes also known as Computer Vision Syndrome. According to Dr.
Saland from Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas, the average eye is supposed to blink twenty
times a minute but people staring at computer screen only six times per minute. This causes
eyes to dangerously dry out.
Besides computer-related injuries and eye strain, unhealthy lifestyle is another
deleterious effect of overusing computer. Computer users who sacrifice their lunch time and
sleeping hour will have very worrying health condition. Skipping meal is very harmful as it
can cause weakness in our body and all the functioning of stomach disturbed. Besides, lack of
sleep also put us at risk for heart disease and diabetes. As a result, both have big impact on
health.
It is undeniable fact that computer, a marvellous inventions, has improved humans
life so much that we couldnt live without it now. However, overusing it will also bring a lot
of unwanted effect to eyes, bone-muscular system and even lifestyle. To avoid computer
affect our health, we should limit our computer time and only use it when necessary. So let us
use computer wisely and do not let it rule our life.

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