New Skin Condition Caused By Excessive Gaming

A new skin disorder has been identified by skin specialists and it’s been apparently caused by excessive use of games consoles.
Doctors in Switzerland issued a warning that prolonged gaming sessions can result in the development of lesions on the hands, a condition they have named PlayStation palmar hidradenitis, which is also described in the British Journal of Dermatology.

The condition was identified in a 12-year-old girl in Switzerland who developed lesions on her hands after playing for several hours every day.
Doctors who examined her at the Geneva University Hospital concluded that she had a condition known as 'idiopathic eccrine hidradenitis', a skin disorder that generally causes red, sore lumps on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet.
These lesions have been previously found on the soles of the feet in children who engage in jogging and other intensive physical activities, and they’re caused by excessive sweating. However, it is very unusual for this condition to appear on the hands.

Unusual symptoms

Doctors probably scratched their heads when they saw lesions on the hands only, especially when they found out that little girl had not participated in any sport or physical exercise recently, and could not recall any recent trauma involving her hands.
However, her parents ratted her out, telling the doctors that she had recently started to play a video game on a PlayStation console for several hours a day, and had continued to play even after developing the sores.
It’s not necessary to say that ‘idiopatic eccrine hidradenitis’ got a new name in that moment, and Playstation was first suspect for little girl’s condition.

Although symptoms had initially been thought to be psychological, doctors actually 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’.
Why then they didn’t dubbed it something like ‘dontsqueezeyourcontrollersohard hidradenitis’?
But that would be unfair to Sony I guess. Nintendo already got ‘acute Wiitis’ or ‘Nintendinitis’, which is a dub for sharp and intense pain in shoulders and arm muscles caused by overuse of Wii controller.

According to health experts both conditions are induced by excessive console gaming, or ‘addiction’ as lead author of the case report in the British Journal of Dermatology Behrooz Kasraee said: "Most of the symptoms of this type of 'addiction' are considered to be psychological...recently organic pathologies such as acute tendonitis, called Wiiitis, or video game-induced knuckle pads have been added to the list of video game-related pathologies. We report 'PlayStation palmar hidradenitis' as a cutaneous (skin) pathology induced by console gaming."
Addiction, hm? Who said bias?

Moreover, the new condition called 'PlayStation palmar hidradenitis' has been officially listed in the British Journal of Dermatology.

A respond came from Sony. They stated that video gaming is a legitimate entertainment pastime like watching movies, listening to music, or reading books, but that there will always be possible consequences of not following common sense, health advice and guidelines, as can be found within their instruction manuals  Also, they said that they don’t want to belittle this research, adding that this is the first time they have ever heard of a complaint of this nature in 14 years old history of Sony Playstation console.

Cure

Apparently, little girl who had been using a games console regularly and obtained this condition, recovered fully from ‘Playstation palmar hidradenitis' after 10 days of abstinence.
Enlightened apparently by this fact, Nina Goad from the British Association of Dermatologists suggests to all console gamers: “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.”

Words of wisdom, must say.

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