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Texting too much on your smart phone is dangerous for thumb

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New York: Your madness for being on smart phone all the time and texting your loved ones could be dangerous now.

 

 

According to a report, people who spend too much time texting may be at increased risk of having “smartphone thumb”, a painful condition caused by repetitive movements of typing that may lead to arthritis in the thumb, doctors have warned.

 

 

Formally known as tendinitis, the condition was earlier only seen in factory workers. It causes the tendon that bends and flexes the thumb to become inflamed.

But with increased use of smart phone for our daily activities, this type of pain has become more common over the years in the US, according to a media report.

 

 

 

“One of the hypotheses is that, the joints get loose and lax, and because of that the bones kind of move differently than they would in a normal situation,” Kristin Zhao, a biomedical engineer at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester was quoted as saying by CBS Minnesota.

Zhao said the movements we require our thumbs to make as we hold our phones are awkward.

 

 

“It’s also a movement that requires some force through the thumbs. It’s not just free movement in space,” she explained.

 

 

“Our hypothesis is that abnormal motion of bones in the thumb could be causing pain onset and eventual osteoarthritis,” Zhao said.

 

 

 

The ways to prevent the problem include giving your thumbs a break, using your forefinger sometimes, and doing daily stretching exercises to keep your tendons limber, among others.

 

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Covid toll in Karnataka is a worrying sign for state government

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Even though Karnataka recorded the lowest number of Covid deaths in April since the virus struck first in 2020, the state is recording a rise in the positivity rate (1.50 per cent). Five people died from the Covid infections in April as per the statistics released by the state health department. In March, the positivity rate stood around 0.53 per cent. In the first week of April it came down to 0.38 per cent, second week registered 0.56 per cent, third week it rose to 0.79 per cent and by end of April the Covid positivity rate touched 1.19 per cent.

on an average 500 persons used to succumb everyday in the peak of Covid infection, as per the data. Health experts said that the mutated Coronavirus is losing its fierce characteristics as vaccination, better treatment facilities and awareness among the people have contributed to the lesser number of Covid deaths.

During the 4th and 6th of April two deaths were reported in Bengaluru, one in Gadag district on April 8, two deaths were reported from Belagavi and Vijayapura on April 30. The first Covid case was reported in the state in March 2020 and three Covid deaths were recorded in the month. In the following month 21 people became victims to the deadly virus, and May 2020 recorded 22 deaths. The death toll recorded everyday after May crossed three digits. However, the third wave, which started in January 2

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