New Medical Disorder Linked To Gaming 224
oldspewey writes "A new skin disorder caused by use of games consoles has been identified by skin specialists. The condition, dubbed "PlayStation palmar hidradenitis", is described in the British Journal of Dermatology. Researchers outline the case of a 12-year-old girl who attended a Swiss hospital with intensely painful sores on the palms of her hands. The girl, who had been using a games console regularly, recovered fully after 10 days of abstinence. The doctors suspect that the problem was caused by tight and continuous grasping of the console's hand-grips, and repeated pushing of the buttons, alongside sweating caused by the tension of the game. Nina Goad, of the British Association of Dermatologists said: 'This is an interesting discovery and one that the researchers are keen to share ... If you're worried about soreness on your hands when playing a games console, it might be sensible to give your hands a break from time to time, and don't play excessively if your hands are prone to sweating.'" We called it Tekken thumb.
Button mashers (Score:5, Funny)
Cello scrotum (Score:4, Funny)
Someone alert Jack Thompson! (Score:4, Funny)
Quick!
Back from the Atari days.. (Score:4, Funny)
We called it a Joystick Ow-wee
what? (Score:5, Funny)
Not to be confused (Score:5, Funny)
Re:The controller did this? (Score:4, Funny)
Not the first (Score:5, Funny)
There are a whole slew of gaming-related illnesses, going back decades, such as Space Invaders Wrist. And let's not forget the terrible losses suffered due to Pac-Man Fever
Re:The controller did this? (Score:5, Funny)
Dude, this was a 12 year old *girl*.
Everyone knows girls can't masturbate.
Re:Not to be confused (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Is this a joke? I can't tell... (Score:1, Funny)
People get sores on their hands from rubbing stuff!
Wait... I thought that rubbing your "stuff" made hair grown on your palms.
Re:Cello scrotum (Score:1, Funny)
I think you just sent one over the head of 99.9% of Slashdot readers.
That's why I say
Hey man nice shot.
What a good shot man.
Thats why I say
Hey man nice shot.
What a good shot man.
Re:Cello scrotum (Score:3, Funny)
Cello scrotum is nothing, playing the accordion can be fatal.
If you do it near me, that is.
Re:Is this a joke? I can't tell... (Score:5, Funny)
People get sores on their hands from rubbing stuff!
Also known here at Slashdot as, Friday night.
recovered fully after 10 days of abstinence (Score:5, Funny)
But did the blindness go away?
Re:Not to be confused (Score:5, Funny)
Although these two conditions are often linked.
Re:Back from the Atari days.. (Score:3, Funny)
Re:The controller did this? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Button mashers (Score:4, Funny)
Have you seen a PS3 console? there's no way in Hell a 12 year old girl could pick that thing up. But it is a lethal weapon in the hands of those who can wield it.
Re:I am an early sufferer! (Score:3, Funny)
Long story short, I got blisters on my palms from shaking the joystick to vigorously to often.
It may not be what you meant, but it still put soda all over my keyboard.
"doctor.. (Score:5, Funny)
There's more going on here... (Score:5, Funny)
"abstinence"? How does not having sex help out in this situation? And it took her 10 days to recover?!? Who's she dating?
Re:what? (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Not to be confused (Score:5, Funny)
Re:what? (Score:1, Funny)
Re:Paging Dr House (Score:3, Funny)
So lupus is out of the question?