The Dangers of Gaming
By Chantal van den Hoogen
Attention all gamers! You could die while gaming and this
time you won’t respawn! There have been cases in which
gaming has taken the lives of people offline. These are extremely rare
cases though, but still, there are several dangers to your health
that can come from intensive gaming.
1) Nintendinitis,
Wiiitis and
X-boxitis
These amusing terms are better known in the
medical field as Tendinosis, which are basically
tendon injuries.
3) Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome is just a fancy word for
swollen or irritated wrists. Nevertheless, it should
be taken seriously, because it’s a painful
progressive me
dical condition
that could require
surgery to treat it
2) The Tetris
Effect
The Tetris effect is a
phenomenon that occurs after playing
a game for too long. Players start seeing
game content all around them in real life!
In the case of Tetris, gamers start seeing
blocks falling down everywhere.
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