Excessive PlayStation gaming causes new skin condition
Dermatologists have called the condition PlayStation palmar hidradenitis and said the condition cleared up after the patient stopped paying altogether for ten days Photo: HEATHCLIFF O’MALLEY
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.
Dermatologists have called the condition PlayStation palmar hidradenitis and said the condition cleared up after the patient stopped paying altogether for ten days.
The lesions in the standard version of the disorder normally appear on the soles of the feet in children who play lots of sport or take part in intensive physical exercise such as jogging.
It it thought to be connected to intense sweating but it is very unusual for it to appear on the hands..more