We already knew this, but now we’ve got numbers. And not just the “number 2” . . .
Most Americans take their phone to the bathroom with them now, especially young people. And a new study found it ups your risk for Hemorrhoids by almost 50%.
Researchers polled 125 adults just before they went in for routine colonoscopies. And two-thirds of them admitted they use their phone on the toilet.
The top two things they said they use it for are to catch up on news and scroll through social media.
Doctors doing the colonoscopies then looked for evidence of hemorrhoids. And the people who used their phone in there were 46% more likely to have them. It was true even after they accounted for things like fiber intake.
Ideally, you shouldn’t be in there for more than five minutes. But the study found 37% of people who bring their phone with them take longer than that.
The lead author of the study said that if you MUST take your phone in, at least set a timer.
She says if you’ve been in there longer than five minutes and haven’t produced any results, maybe just “take a breather and try again later.”
(NBC News)
