Question by Dallas M: Did electromagnetic radiation actually damaged my brains or am I being hypochondriacal?
I played computer games for quite a long while one day (for 15 hrs) in front of a CRT monitor. Then I felt a very very sharp pain in my head and my eyes stung badly. I had to go to sleep and the pain was relieved after that. Now, I am worried as to why I experienced such discomfort after using the computer and I looked up the internet to find that radiation from CRT monitors are harmful to humans and I am worried that my exposure to the long hours in front of the computer might have sent radioactive emissions which penetrated my skull and ionised cells of my brain. I can actually feel a little stupidier and I experience a little confusion during lectures in school and am quite forgetful recently. I can think about doing something and forget about what I was thinking about doing a few seconds and not remember it. Then I realise that ” I have left my sandwhiches at home” or ” I did not bring an important book for lesson” or ” I forgot to buy the milk”. Could it be due to brain damages?
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Answer by Industry_Kitty
Yes if you spending a lot of time infront of your computer you could be suffering from electromagnetic radiation.click here to read about the symptoms and what you can do to protect yourself..
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Hoho… You’re in trouble boy.. But don’t worry, shouldn’t have done any damage. You’re just imagining things. Stay off the computer for a few days, let your brain recover properly. Don’t worry, you won’t grow retarded just by sitting infront of the computer playing games for 15 hours..
stop being a worry wart when u r one the computer too much u get eye strain thus u get a headache from it take breaks from playing the games go outside take a walk then come back u wont die from that trust me just dont talk on ur cell phone u will get brain cancer
The pain you experienced was most likely due to eye-strain from staring at the lighted monitor for a long period of time. Your sudden forgetfulness is more likely due to fatigue and stress. I doubt you’ve suffered brain damage, but there are these things that you can buy from most computer and/or office supply stores that you can put over your screen. They block out a lot of harmful rays that eminate from the computer monitor and they’re also tinted which helps prevent eye strain. Keep in mind that you are exposed to electromagnetic rays from the sun all the time. Electromagnetic rays are basically light. Only a small portion of the electromagnetic spectrum is visible to us, however.
No electromagnetic radiations.
You just played computer games for too long. It would have been the same with any monitor. You invested too much of yourself in video games.
Stop it for a while. Playing video games is not a questionable activity. It just must be one activity among others and not the main one; certainly not the only one, if ever.
A monitor works exactly the same way as a TV set. The frequencies of the electromagnetic waves sent by such monitors are relatively low; much too low to cause any physical damage. The radioelectric frequency sent by a classic video screen is in the average of 150 MHz (MHz stands for Mega Hertz), that is to say a bit higher that FM radio broadcatsing. Some handy people equipped with radio-receivers can catch it as any other common radio frequency, translate it into a video signal and reproduce it on another video screen so as see from distance what another person sees on one’s computer’s monitor. The range of this electromagnetic wave is in the surrounding of 100 to 150 yards, beyond which the signal is too weak to be received and properly “read.”
The “picture frequency” of a classic monitor ranges from 50Hz to 100Hz (Hz stands for Hertz and one Herts means 1 time per second), that is to say a very low frequency. By “picture frequency” I mean the rate at which the electronic beam screen the frontal part of a cathodic tube. 50Hz to 100Hz mean in that case that this electronic beam screens it at a rate of 50 to 100 times every one second.
100 times is good, but 50 times (the lowest on a monitor) is too low and can cause headache and eyeache, exactly as when looking for too long at a common neon tube which produce light at a similar frequency.
To cause possible damage to your brain an electromagnetic frenquency must be in excess of 2GHz (GHz stands for Giga Hertz), that is to say about 20 times faster than what any monitor is capable. At a rate of 2GHz and more we are taliking about microwaves; the same as for the usual microwave that is in your kitchen and the same as for a radar, and the same as for a cellular phone. But to be dangerous those microwaves have to be sent with much intensity; and in that case it can burn the cells of your body; that is to say your skin. It is the case with a microwave oven and a military radar when one gets too close to it, whereas it is not the case with a cell phone which is far not powerful enough to be harmful.
Damn 15 hours geez you’re keen! I doubt very much that it is damage to your brain cells. You probably got a headache from concentrating too much on playing games or whatever, even dehydration. Just be mindful of the amount of lighting when using a computer screen (even LCDs) and tvs, and give your eyes a break here and there. Having your eyes fixate on short distances like books and computer screens can lead to myopia (short sighted) so just remember to take breaks. Stress less and relax, and your symptoms should reduce and you should revert to your normal self.