Sitting In Front Of Your Computer May Kill You
 

Sitting at a computer for long periods of time could kill you, according to a new study reported in the February 2003 edition of the European Respiratory Journal.

It says there is a risk of developing life-threatening blood clots from sitting for long periods at a computer, similar to a problem that has injured or killed some airline passengers on long flights.

The report centers on a case from New Zealand in which a young man who spent up to 18 hours a day sitting at his computer nearly died after developing a massive blood clot that formed in his leg veins, broke off and traveled to his lungs, a condition called pulmonary embolism.

This new disorder has been termed "e-thrombosis" by the authors to describe what may become the 21st century variant of thrombosis associated with immobility from prolonged sitting. This condition was first described in people sitting in deck chairs in air raid shelters during the Blitz in London and subsequently identified with prolonged air travel.

Dr. Richard Beasley of the Medical Research Institute of New Zealand and his colleagues warn that there may be a large unrecognised risk of developing blood clots in this situation when the widespread use of computers in so many aspects of modern life is considered.

"It may be similar to the situation with the risk of blood clots with long distance air travel ? it was not until there was publicity with individual cases that the real extent of the problem was recognised," he says.

The authors recommend that, with the current state of knowledge, it would seem prudent to advise all people who commonly sit for prolonged periods at a computer to undertake frequent leg and foot exercises and to take regular breaks away from their computer.

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Keep those feet and legs shaking and moving! :)

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This is a well know fact... along with the fact that men can go infertile...

Mist's Verdict: its the same as a receptionist sitting at her desk all day writing letters to business associates.

Well said.

Oh well, at least I'll die doing what I love. :p

18 hours sat in front of a comp as if !

do they think we all newbies or soemthing LOL try 36 hours and yeah i do stretch me legs occasionly when i have to get up for a p**s.

So i am taking care of meself aint i.

I could sit in front of a computer for 18 hours straight as long as I have a small refrigerator with a few 12 packs of Mountain Dew stocked up in it right next to me. It's not that hard, really.

lol who needs a fridge next to em making noises all day when i have the perfect alternative - A WIFE

.....or a trained chimp that can feed itself and fetch you anything :)

eek, I better get up more offen, or my next site might have e-R.I.P. in front of it ;)

LOL

Now thats a good plan

I like being in front of my computer all day and night :p

As long as you modify your armchair into a portable toilet, you can sit there for 24 hours! ;)

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I'm going for a walk ! :eek: