Playing the PlayStation can be dangerous for your health!
A Swiss girl recently had to see her doctor because she had an inflammation of the skin because of her video games PlayStation. This is the Palm Playstation Hidradenitis, ie the disease of the console!
According to the website tdg.ch, the 12-year-old girl suffered from "an important inflammation on the palm" which appeared "a few months ago to the dermatological consultation of the University Hospitals of Geneva (HUG)". She was prescribed the total stop of video games during 10 days.
Professor Vincent Piguet, who works in the dermatology department of the HUG, found that the inflammation of the palms was caused by "excessive use of a PlayStation controller".
On her hands, the girl had "red and painful nodules" for almost a month. But the doctor had to look long for the cause of this pathology, because the little girl took a long time to confess that she spent three quarters of her time playing the console hidden under his duvet, and even sometimes all night .
In general, this type of injury is observed on the feet of children who practice running intensively. This case is not likely to reassure parents, already concerned about the isolation caused by video games !
