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Posted on Mon, 24 Aug 2020
Question: Hi Doctor, please read carefully my question and try to well understand my situation. I wanna know if when i put the speakers of my headphones on my skin (of my leg), did the sound waves issued by the speakers (loud music) penetrate through the skin to the blood and causes DNA and genes damages (in the blood cells) directly and causes blood cancer??? I know that it is an OCD thought and i know that you will recommend that i see a psycologist but please doctor answer my question through your specialty. I want a scientifically answer and what happen at the cells level while this situation occurs. When i put the speakers of my headphones on my skin (and my skin was covered by the speakers) so the music was getting out directly from the headphones speakers to my skin, a thought just popped up in my head that (What if the sound waves of the loud music enter directly through my skin to the blood and causes harm to the DNA and genes and causes blood cancer) ??? Is that possible doctor? And do the cells respond and interract with this thoughts and fears??? Do the cells understand the content of the thought and its fear and affect directly the DNA and genes by causing to them damages??? I'm afraid that the cells understand my fears and my thought (of getting blood cancer because of putting the headphones speakers on my skin and the sound waves enter and interfere with the blood and causes damage in blood cells DNA and genes) and causes blood cancer. My questions are: 1) Did putting headphones with loud music on the skin lead the sound waves to enter through the skin and interfere with blood cells to cause them DNA and genes damages and lead to blood cancer???? 2) When a thought pop up in my mind says that (when i put the headphones on my skin and this lead the sound waves to enter through the skin and interfere with blood cells to cause them DNA and genes damages and lead to blood cancer) do cells understand the thought and the fears related to it and response to them to make it true in a physically level and causes blood cancer????? I mean do the body and the cells response to this thought and fears and make them true in a physically level??? Please doctor answer my questions carefully in a scientifically way and tell me what happen at the cells level during this situation. I need your answer because i can not stop worrying and thinking of this. Do this lead to a blood cancer? Sorry for making this long for you doctor and waiting to your answer.
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Answered by Dr. Shailja Puri (1 hour later)
Brief Answer:
Sound waves do not damage DNA and thus do not cause cancer

Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thanks for posting your query on 'Ask A Doctor' forum.

Sound waves travel at different speeds in different media.
The speed of sound waves is different in the air, water, and solid.

When you keep headphones over the skin, the sound waves are entering a solid and liquid media.
Skin, muscles, and bones form solid media. Blood in blood vessels forms liquid media.

The sound waves travel at different speeds when you keep the headphones on the skin.
The sound waves are vibrations and these vibrations do not cause damage to DNA.

Sound waves are different from ultraviolet and infrared waves which can cause damage at the DNA level and thus various cancers.

I hope I have answered your query.

Thanks and take care
Dr. Shailja Puri

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Arnab Banerjee
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Hi Doctor, Please Read Carefully My Question And Try To

Brief Answer: Sound waves do not damage DNA and thus do not cause cancer Detailed Answer: Hello, Thanks for posting your query on 'Ask A Doctor' forum. Sound waves travel at different speeds in different media. The speed of sound waves is different in the air, water, and solid. When you keep headphones over the skin, the sound waves are entering a solid and liquid media. Skin, muscles, and bones form solid media. Blood in blood vessels forms liquid media. The sound waves travel at different speeds when you keep the headphones on the skin. The sound waves are vibrations and these vibrations do not cause damage to DNA. Sound waves are different from ultraviolet and infrared waves which can cause damage at the DNA level and thus various cancers. I hope I have answered your query. Thanks and take care Dr. Shailja Puri