Has this ever happend to you?
By angiemac4444
@angemac23 (2003)
Canada
September 29, 2009 7:39pm CST
I do not have a land line anymore, only a cell phone. Last night I called my Mother and was on the phone with her for over an hour. I should have been using my headset but I forgot. After I hung up, I got a bit of a headache and this weird feeling in the side of my head and ringing in my ears! I have heard the stories about radiation from cell phones being bad for you but I didn't know the effects would be so quick! Has anyone ever experienced this before and do you know why this would happen. I think in the future, I will have to keep my conversations on the cell shorter and use the head set!
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13 responses
@bubblepink (694)
• Philippines
30 Sep 09
I'm not really sure. Honestly, I used my cellphone a lot. My friends and I usually talks on the phone via conference call. I never got a headache after long hours of talk. Maybe it depends, I'm not so sure about it. But let's hope it's not because of the radiation.Because if it was, I must now it very well.
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@sk66rc (4250)
• United States
30 Sep 09
I've been using a cell phone for 20 years now & I haven't had any side effects from cell phone at all. I got my cell phone the day after my 18th birthday & now I'm 38 soon to be 39, my birthday is in January. For past 15 years or so, I've been using my phone well over an hour a day on an average & no 3rd arm growing out of my shoulder either. I do get a headache now & then but I know for a fact that it's from bad car accident I was in when I was younger. I might be one of those odd balls but when most people I know do use their cell phones as much as I do & have no health issues directly relating from it, I tend to think cell phone isn't has harmful as some people make it out to be. Most of the people I know are people I've worked with at one point or another. According to my doctor, other than some scar tissues in & around my left ear area, there's nothing that tells him I'm getting a headache from cell phone use.
@angemac23 (2003)
• Canada
30 Sep 09
It is true that not everyone would be affected and it is also true that a few years down the road, you may develop problems or you may already be having some but not showing symptoms. I am not prepared to throw out my cell phone at the moment, but I will stay knowledgeable about the possible dangers and take the necessary precautions to minimize any potential damage that could occur.
@sk66rc (4250)
• United States
2 Oct 09
There are things we use everyday that exposes us to electro-magnatic field 10 - 100 times worse than cell phone does. If you stand next to a power-line, everytime you turn the light on at home, when you walk by a neon sign, when you're inside a train, everytime you turn a micro-wave oven, when you turn your tv on, when you're talking on your hose phone, corded or cordless, when you're using electric shaver, when you turn your coffee pot on & etc, etc... Anything that plugs in to an electrical outlet or even uses batteries put out certain amounts of electro-magnetic field... And yes, I have seen the thermal imaging pictures of cell phone radiations, actually if I'm not mistaken, cell phone radiation is "non-thermal radiation"... Basically it's an electro-magnatic radiation... Electric cooktops have coils in them, weather it's smooth top or exposed coils... They heat up by passing electric currents through them... If you cook in front of electric cooktop for 10 minutes, the amount of the electro-magnatic radiation that the cooktop puts out is hundreds of times greater than talking on a cell phone for an hour due to wattage & current running throught them... Matter in fact, in European countries, they've been cooking with "induction" cooktops for years now... Induction cooktop is exactly that, cooking with magnets... They pass a current through magnets & in turn it creates electro-magnatic field & heats up metal pan - hence how the "induction cooking" works... Millions of people have been using this type of cooktops & appliances for decades... People who have been exposed to much stronger electro-magnatic radiations such as these appliances have not been affected medically, at least in no medical history... Cell phones put out much, much, much less in hours & hours of use than these appliances put out in a matter of minutes...
@charlies2805 (777)
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30 Sep 09
Well, I haven't experienced any 'quick' effect as you have. And I hope it won't happen on me. Yes, we know that cell phone radiation is not good, especially for our brain. I hope there's nothing happens to you. Or it might be the effect of 'too-long-talking-on-the-phone'. =) But if you are really unsure, just go visit your GP and make everything clear. And for your information, well it is too common, some cell phones' batteries are harmful upon long usage and can result in an explosion.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
1 Oct 09
I use my cell phone all of the time just like you do. We don't have a land line either. I've spent marathon sessions on the phone but I've never had anything like that happen to me. To be honest, I don't even have a headset to go with my phone, I just talk on it just like I would any other phone. I've never had an issue.
The closest that I've ever come to having an issue is when I am on the phone for two hours straight and I don't get to move the phone away from my head. Then, I end up with a hot cheek for the rest of the evening.
@elenyae (388)
• Australia
30 Sep 09
To be frank, I don't think it's "radiation" at all. You were probably pressing your phone up against your ear pretty hard and if the volume of your headset was pretty loud, it would probably have the same effect as someone yelling into your ear for 1 hour straight. That would give ANYONE a headache and ringing in your ears. xP I seriously think you're overreacting about the whole "radiation" thing.
@angemac23 (2003)
• Canada
30 Sep 09
First of all I wasn't over reacting...I was just wondering if anyone had the same experience. Second of all, radiation from cell phones is commonly known now to cause problems particularly in younger people who are still developing. It is common sense that it is not natural to have any device that is known to emit radiation close to any part of your body for long periods of time. Same goes for laptops. They are actually not meant to be placed on your lap for long periods of time. Studies have been done on people who have laptops on thier lap for long periods and the instances of cancer in those areas of the body are high and these are cancers that were not as common before these technologies were invented. My mom and I were in a clothing store about 4 months ago and a teenage girl was in teh lineup ahead of us and they were talking to the cashier about the recent operation she had on her head. She still had the bandage. have her head was missing and she had to have an operation. The cause, as outlined by her doctor....excessive use of a cell phone. Everyday after dinner, she spent an hour talking to her boyfriend and this otherwise healthy girl with no problems in herself or anyone else in her family ended up with a brain tumor after she started using the cell.
@starsailover (7829)
• Mexico
30 Sep 09
Hi: it's interesting, because this has happened to me when i talk too much but i don't think this doesn't mean that it's about radiation. May be we have a headache after talking for a while because your brain had received a lot information.
@akotalagato (1334)
• Philippines
30 Sep 09
I am have not experienced it before but I came across this article from radiationtalk.com that there really are studies that cellphone radiation do cause health problems.
here is an excerpt from the article:
The voluntary exposure of the brain to microwaves from hand-held mobile phones... [is] the largest human biological experiment ever." - Professor Leif Salford, Head of Research at Lund University, Sweden
Exposure to radiation from cell phones is a growing concern, not only in the United States, but around the world. As more and more studies point towards a link between cell phone radiation and headaches, certain types of cancer and even lowered sperm count.
@dragon54u (31634)
• United States
30 Sep 09
I've been thinking of dropping my land line but decided against it just because of what you're talking about! When my sons call, we talk at least a half hour and I don't want to damage my brain with radiation or whatever. However, the headset is a great idea and I'll have to look into one of those.
@kmaram (2533)
• Philippines
30 Sep 09
Hi there, well it doesnt happened to me before. But i also learned that if your using mobile phone that nearer to you this will give something wrong. I mean the radiation that they are saying thats the negative effect of using it. I guess we should responsible i mean lets help ourselves to taking care because we always used mobile phone and we should know how can we prevent ourself to this radiation (i guess you understand what i am saying hehhe) keep on mylotting
@biman_s (1060)
• India
30 Sep 09
I have heard many such stories that cellphones cause many temporary and permanent damages and actually some of it is true. Lucky for me that it has not yet happened to me. If you experience the same thing again then I suggest you go and visit a doctor and also replace your cellphone.
@rosekiss (30414)
• Eugene, Oregon
30 Sep 09
You know, I have never experienced that before. Of course I don't talek all that much anymore, as I text more, but when I do talk, it isn't long conversations. There have been times befosre, though, that my duaghter and I have talkded maybe 2 hours, but it never affected me in any way. I never got a headache nor did I feel ill or anything like that. I guess I am thankful for that. Take care, and ahpppy mylotting.
@QueenDeborah (5)
• United States
30 Sep 09
My guess is that it is from tension and fatigue as opposed to radiation. When talking on a handset for long periods of time you are holding your head and arms in a stationary postion. The side you held the phone to the most will most like exhibit signs of strain. I would combat this by switching from side to side every 5-10 minutes so that fatigue is at least equal or better yet, keeping the conversation short, using the handy dandy ear piece, or using speakerphone