Texting Tendinitis

A teenager in Australia has been diagnosed with texting tendinitis, The Daily Telegraph reports.

The article reads as though repetitive stress injury due to too much texting is something new to Australia, when in fact, Australia is one of the only countries to have launched a National Day of Safe Text back in 2003 (on July 23rd) - to create public awareness.

To get back to this article - and what's interesting to know, is how many text messages it takes to bring this on, "the teenager's plan allowed $100 credit that had to be used in a month, equating to nearly 300 SMS messages, or 10 a day.

"The phone and plan allowed up to 760 characters per message, instead of the usual 160," he said.

"The patient had been using only her right thumb to press the keypad."

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-- Fear for the health of America's thumbs

-- All Thumbs, Without the Stigma

-- Warning: Mobile phones are addictive

-- Three out of ten Korean Youths are Addicted to Mobile Phones

-- Hungarian Hospital Offers Help For Hungarian Internet Addicts

-- Text Messaging Addiction

-- Is your SMS Habit a Symptom?

-- Germany faces epidemic of text message addicts

-- RSI victim Warns about threat to children

-- RSD from Texting

-- Aussies get safe text message on National Safe Text Day

emily | 6:06 PM | Health Issues and SMS Alerts |
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