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Lesions caused by Playstation controller

by JeffHuang | February 25, 2009 at 10:17 am

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The condition is called "Playstation palmar hidradentitis," and it is a skin disorder on gamers who grips and button smash the controller too violently causing painful lumps to grow on the palms.

These lesions are similar to the ones found on the feet of children who partakes in physical activities.

Their study described the case of a 12-year-old girl who attended the Geneva hospital with intensely painful lesions on her hands, which she had developed four weeks earlier. She had no other lesions anywhere else on her body.

After questioning, the doctors discovered that several days prior to the appearance of the lesions the girl had started to play a game on her PlayStation for several hours each day.

Playstation palmar hidradentitis is not the only cause for concern amongst the gaming community, but researchers have also identified acute tendonitis from playing too much Wii. I don't think this is a cause for concern just yet as millions have used the playstation controllers since 1995 and this is the first known case brought to our attention.

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kiyoshi.be

at 13:35 on February 25th, 2009

Me and my brothers have all played with that controller extencively, and never had anything with our hands. I think the root of the problem is how the girl plays, and it could be with anything from console gaming to lego's to sports. Just happened to be a controller.

WhatKumar

at 20:21 on February 25th, 2009

Remember Mario Party on the N64?

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NFG

at 18:37 on February 28th, 2009

With well over a hundred million of these controllers sold, it seems very likely that the specific circumstances of this girl's unfortunate problem are more likely to be the cause than the controller - or any controller.

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