Magnetic Jewelry Therapy

Is it safe to wear a magnetic therapy while working on a computer? Which I do all day long.?

Public Comments

1. As long as you don't get your magnet too close to a CRT monitor or the hard drive or any floppy drive, you'll be fine.
2. As long as you keep the magnets away from the screen, you will be fine. Magnets make your screen spot if touched directly.
3. Very small magnets with low gauss rating doesnt harm the CRT but other powerful magnets damage it. You will have to remove the magnets you wear while you are working on the computer.
4. It all depends on the Gauss of the magnets. Magnets with a high Gauss can cause problems with computers and other electronic equipments. To be on the safe side, it is better not to wear magnets when near a computer or other electronic equipments.
5. It depends upon what type of computer you're talking about, what you're using for magnetic therapy, and where you're wearing the magnets. Your overall risk, however, is probably small. The biggest danger from magnetic fields is probably to the hard drive, and could possibly cause data loss. For a desktop computer, getting close enough to the hard drive to have an effect while wearing a magnetic bracelet would be an unusual event. It's a little easier, however, to get close to the hard drive on a laptop if you're wearing a magnetic bracelet. While I have never had a problem with this, it's best to exercise caution. Most of the time, I do not wear my magnetic bracelet while using a laptop. As for the computer monitor, most of the good CRT screens have a degaussing function these days, and the effect of the magnets can usually be repaired by using that feature. When I was a computer technician, magnetic screwdrivers were always messing up the screens in the shop. Degaussing was the answer. The magnets in much of the magnetic jewelry sold today are probably too weak to have any effect on a hard drive, even if you got relatively close to it. If you're using stronger "medical magnets" you might have more of a risk. If you're wearing magnets on your back, and your laptop is on your lap, the risk is probably non-existent. As I stated, the risk is probably small in any of the scenarios, but it is best to use caution when using magnets near magnetically stored data (hard drives).