Nowadays, cell phones have become a powerful and versatile tool used by the majority of people in the world. Research has shown that 90 percent of people take their phones to the toilet.
Here are 3 reasons you should stop using your phone in the toilet;
1. High risk of getting a haemorrhoid: When you use your phone in the toilet for long periods of time, you tend to sit longer and thus increase your chances of getting a haemorrhoid.
2. Exposure to germs: Germs easily cling to surfaces and spread easily when touched. Using your phone in the toilet increases the chances of germs clinging unto the surface of your phone. When you use your phone in the toilet, you expose your phone to germs like E.Coli, salmonella and C. Difficile, these can increase your chances of getting an infection.
3. High Risk of Addiction: Humans tend to create new habits when an action is repeated often. You could become addicted to using your phone in the toilet all the time since your brain has become comfortable to the toilet’s environment. In more severe situations this addictions can stream into bigger addictive problems like the use of the pornography.
