Using Your Phone On The Toilet Bowl Can Cause These Serious Health Conditions

Last Updated on 2023-03-28 , 2:09 pm

Most of us can’t stand the thought of having nothing to do for more than five minutes, even if it’s when we’re in the toilet taking a dump.

Gone are the days where people used to bring in books or magazines to keep themselves occupied while doing their business.

Now, it’s nothing but smartphones. After all, they’re small, portable and you can do pretty much anything on them.

Watch a video, check your social media accounts, read Goody Feed…there’s actually a pretty high chance that you’re reading this article while sitting on the toilet.

Using Your Phone On The Toilet Could Cause PILES

Well, it’s time to get rid of that dirty little habit because little do you know, it could be the cause of you getting haemorrhoids.

Bet you weren’t expecting that. 

A doctor has recently warned that bringing your phone into the toilet could lead to getting haemorrhoids, due to prolonged time sitting on the toilet.

Also commonly referred to as piles, haemorrhoids are swollen veins in your anus and lower rectum, and they can either develop inside the rectum or under the skin around the anus.

“Constipation and straining to defecate is a major risk factor for piles. Being pregnant, chronic cough and getting older also factor. But so too does prolonged sitting on the loo,” said Dr Sarah Jarvis, a London-based GP, to The Sun.

So basically, if you’re busy watching a YouTube video while pooping, you’ll end up sitting there for way longer than you need to and this will increase the pressure on the veins of the anus in the lower rectum.

It’s not actually the fact that you’re bringing your phone it which causes piles, but it’s more of the extra time spent in the toilet which comes along with it.

Well, if the Goody Feed app has contributed to your piles, we apologise in advance. But please continue to use it when you’re in the toilet.

Germs Could Get On Your Phone Too

Dr Jarvis also said that piles are actually more common than people think, because so many people suffer in silence.

Other than the possibility of piles, there are also many other reasons why bringing your phone into the toilet is not such a good idea.

Toilets are dirty places, and you never know what kind of bacteria and germs are just lurking around, waiting for a new place to go to.

When you touch your phone after touching the toilet, you’re basically just transferring the germs over.

And from there, they can then go to any surface that you place your phone down on, or anyone else that you pass your phone to.

So as tempting as it may be to scroll through your phone while on the toilet, it’s better not to do it.

Anyway, those few minutes without your phone won’t kill you, right?

But most importantly, make sure you don’t forget to wash your hands after you’re done. Phone or no phone.

But hey…who am I kidding?

Who the heck can survive in the toilet without a phone now?

And by the way, sitting on a warm seat doesn’t cause piles. You can watch this video to know more about other old wives’ tales (and please subscribe to our YouTube channel for more informative videos!):

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