Doctors warn that a 25-year-old gamer who spends too much time on his phone may acquire the dreaded “dropped head syndrome.”

However, given that excessive smartphone use is becoming more common among young people, they called for greater awareness of the risks associated with it.

The researchers reported in 2023 that the patient and his family had given their permission for his case to be published in the journal JOS Case Reports.

The hallmark of dropped head syndrome, sometimes referred to as floppy head syndrome, is extreme neck muscle weakness.

Although it is most frequently linked to neuromuscular diseases like motor neurone disease, it can also be brought on by other illnesses.

Sadness of the deserted orcas: Campaigners call for the rescue of killer whales and dolphins that are stranded in a closed marine park.

A teenage girl does the unimaginable and escapes the house of horrors where she was held captive by her mother and father for seven years.