Is the Downlow Bad for Your Health?

[Bullaholic]

According to the following article, we may all be in danger....


2 Many Txt Msgs Bad 4 Yr Health, Italian Docs Say

2 hours, 7 minutes ago Oddly Enough - Reuters



ROME (Reuters) - Excessive text messaging may be bad for you, or at least for your fingers.


That's what some Italian doctors think. They are telling people, particularly the young, that furious typing on mobile phones could lead to acute tendonitis.

Italian newspapers La Repubblica and Il Messaggero dedicated about half a page each to the problem Monday. A 13-year-old girl in the northern Italian city of Savona needed treatment from an orthopedic specialist after typing at least 100 short message services (SMSs) a day.

She was prescribed anti-inflammatory medicine and ordered to rest her hands.

According to a recent study conducted for children's rights group Telefono Azzurro, some 37 percent of Italian children are "cell phone addicts." Irritability and mood swings were other symptoms linked to very frequent cell phone use among the young.

The message is clear: MayB U shd stop B4 its 2 L8.

[LH Panther Mom]

It's not bad for my health - I never use my cell phone for text messaging.

[44INAROW]

I don't use text messaging either, but I do know some teenagers that have wished they DIDN'T after their parents read what they were messaging each other lol.. I guess that could be considered bad for your health

[CHS_CG]

I use text messages... the only time i consider it bad for my heath is when i go over my limited amount.. and my momma and daddy get a hold of me after the bill comes

The question should be.. if the dl is bad for your health.. do you care? lol

[gobbler grad]

Originally posted by 44INAROW
I don't use text messaging either, but I do know some teenagers that have wished they DIDN'T after their parents read what they were messaging each other lol.. I guess that could be considered bad for your health

LMAO...or when parents find out how much each text message costs...

[TheDOCTORdre]

If the downlow is bad for your health, I dont want to be well. Just stick me in the hospital, but make sure I have access to a computer

[onfirebball05mustang]

Originally posted by TheDOCTORdre
If the downlow is bad for your health, I dont want to be well. Just stick me in the hospital, but make sure I have access to a computer

DITTO!!

[Ranger Mom]

How can it be bad when we've made so many friends??