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Letter: Beware the possible rise of 'text lung'

Published 12 March 2025

From Alex Bowman, Glasgow, UK

“Text neck”, the abnormal force on the cervical spine while tilting the head as we scroll on a smartphone, may not be the worst consequence. Normally, while breathing, we do so deeply from the diaphragm, but when holding a device with a bent neck, we tend to breathe shallowly. Over decades, this could damage lungs. Hopefully I am wrong (1 February, p 27).

Issue no. 3534 published 15 March 2025

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