Have you got ‘PlayStation palmar hidradenitis’?
Skin specialists have identified a new skin disorder caused by excessive gaming. And it’s called PlayStation palmar hidradenitis. But you CAN get it if you’ve got an Xbox or Wii…
The condition, which symptoms include sore red lumps on a patient’s hands, has been so named in the British Journal of Dermatology. No, seriously.
Doctors who examined a 10-year-old girl in Geneva University Hospital found that she’d developed a condition known as ‘idiopathic eccrine hidradenitis’ but only on the hands – when it usually affects other areas like the feet, and is linked to heavy exercise and sweating.
