A 13 year old child died in Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh. This death has shocked the family as well as the people around. Actually, the child was playing mobile game at home and suddenly lay down on the bed and Free Fire game was running on the mobile.
The sister thought that her brother Vivek was sleeping, but the child did not make any movement for a long time. Finally it came to light that he had died. This is a case of sudden gamer death, in which a gamer dies while playing a game on mobile or computer. Let us know about sudden gamer death.
been playing for several hours mobile game
On Wednesday, when the sister came home from outside, her brother was lying on the bed and his mobile was working. They thought that the brother might have fallen asleep while playing the game. No motion was seen in the child for a long time, after which the sister became suspicious and called the people nearby for help. He was taken to the hospital, where the child was declared dead.
What is Sudden Gamer Death?
Now let’s return to Sudden Gamer Death. In fact, some such cases have come to light across the world, where a mobile gamer dies suddenly. Neither do they get hurt in this, nor does any scuffle happen with them. This information has been obtained from the Journal of the American Library.
Research is available on the portal of American organization
There is a research uploaded to the National Library of Medicine (NLM) of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH). It has been told on the portal that many people across the world have died while playing mobile games. There is no violence in this accident and the death is connected to the mobile game. It has also been connected to Internet gaming disorder.
Research has shown that many people have died while playing mobile games. Till now this number is around 24. One death occurred in 1982, after which 23 people have died from 2002 to 2021, in which most of the people are men. The age of the people ranged from 11 years to 40 years.
Research has shown that more than half of the cases are from South East Asia, names of countries like Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia are included. In research, this information has been collected from news papers and portals.
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There is no benefit in short breaks
It has been told in the research paper that many mobile gamers play games continuously for many hours. In this he takes very short breaks. In such a situation, sitting in one position for a long time and gaming leads to high blood pressure and heart beat. In such a situation, short breaks are not of much benefit.
cause of death
Research has shown that the cause of death in 5 of the total deaths was pulmonary embolism (blood clot in the lungs), in 2 cases cerebral hemorrhage (brain hemorrhage or brain bleed) and in the third case it was possibly cardiac arrhythmia.
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