PlayStation-induced palm lesions identified by Swiss scientists

It's no Wiiitis, but Swiss scientists have ID'd a new skin disorder they believe came from prolonged gaming sessions. Dubbed "PlayStation palmar hidradentitis," the condition is marked by painful lumps that appear on the palms. This Dr. House diagnosis came from a 12-year old girl who visited Geneva hospital with hand lesions allegedly from hours-long gaming marathon, and that she fully recovered after a ten-day PlayStation hiatus. While being careful not to discredit the findings, Sony spokesman David Wilson chimed in to say they had never heard of a case like this, despite hundreds of millions consoles sold, and as with any leisure activity, "there are possible consequences of not following common sense, health advice and guidelines." Hey, at least she didn't break her arm.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 24th 2009 7:44PM]

Wow... never had that problem before even after marathon day or more sessions.

[Magnulus Posted Feb 24th 2009 8:01PM]

I know! I mean, I could understand losing skin in your palm from prolonged C64 (with the straight sticks) back in the day, but a Playstation lesion? Come on.

By the way... Leisure Lesions? I like it.

[Ryback Posted Feb 25th 2009 3:51AM]

I read about a boy in Britain who got the same damage to his wrists as roadworkers get from using jackhammers all day. He was playing playstation with the shaking controller.

I have always laughed about the health warnings on games/computers, but I guess they are there for a reason - to protect against parents with bad parenting skills and good lawyers.

[engfant Posted Feb 24th 2009 7:45PM]

She got a blister and now the world needs to suffer the fate of yet ANOTHER cry baby ailment that will need $100M of research and $100B of regulations and then there's the class action lawsuit against SONY cause it has their name branded on it.

JUST BRING ON THE FIRE FROM THE SKY AND LET'S END IT ALREADY!!! If videogame blisters is the world's biggest problem then we have accomplished all we can as humans.

[clysher Posted Feb 24th 2009 8:32PM]

If you understood the language used you would come to the conclusion that this is not a blister on the thumb. This is a skin irritation possibly cause by reaction to the material of the controller when used extensively.

[sgteaston Posted Feb 24th 2009 8:43PM]

You succeeded in making beer come out my nose with the "JUST BRING ON THE FIRE..." line.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 25th 2009 4:54AM]

"JUST BRING ON THE FIRE FROM THE SKY AND LET'S END IT ALREADY "

i believe its, " I PRAY FOR AN ASTEROID "
but fire sounds damn funny 2.

[NHAnimator Posted Feb 25th 2009 8:05AM]

Some say the end is near.
Some say we'll see armageddon soon.
I certainly hope we will.
I sure could use a vacation from this bullsh*t three ring circus sideshow of freaks.

[Nihility Posted Feb 25th 2009 11:19AM]

Some are idiots.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 24th 2009 7:48PM]

Sounds like a reaction from latex (plastic) used in the making of the playstation joysticks to me.

[xirsteon Posted Feb 24th 2009 7:49PM]

so let me guess, she's going after Sony for huge compensation...

[newreformation Posted Feb 24th 2009 7:49PM]

I'VE GOT BLISTERS ON ME' FINGERS!!!!

[ajeezy Posted Feb 24th 2009 7:51PM]

Sweet Family Guy reference lol +1

[Twanzio Posted Feb 24th 2009 7:54PM]

@aj121489:
-1 for not realizing that Family guy was making a reference to The Beatles.

[Love It Posted Feb 25th 2009 2:58AM]

clyde -1 for being a dick

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 24th 2009 7:53PM]

Hey, is this post important?

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 25th 2009 1:08AM]

I can see that your Dualshock3 costs more than your palm.

[Twanzio Posted Feb 24th 2009 7:58PM]

I'm upset the article doesn't mention what this 12 year old girl was playing during her non-stop gaming session.... I've heard Hello Kitty Island Adventure can be mighty intense...

[xirsteon Posted Feb 24th 2009 7:59PM]

She went completely ballistic and commando-like.... if you know what i mean..

[mRichardy629 Posted Feb 24th 2009 8:04PM]

i dont even care that, that was spam...thats a fucking impressive ASCII Bear

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 24th 2009 8:14PM]

wow, just wow

[Jesse S Posted Feb 24th 2009 8:15PM]

What, what's wrong with some pedophilia jokes? :(

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 24th 2009 8:23PM]

Wierd

[Torch Posted Feb 24th 2009 8:21PM]

Thats pedobear, for those of you who don't know.

[BigD145 Posted Feb 24th 2009 8:34PM]

Hand lesions? Are they sure this girl doesn't have a mild case of something related to latex allergies?

[Wwhat Posted Feb 25th 2009 12:12PM]

Probably just hives from the prolonged nervosity.

[dchamp Posted Feb 24th 2009 8:59PM]

Hmm... when I use a Playstation controller, my palms don't even come in contact with the controller. But... I do have man-sized hands, and not 12-year-old girl hands.

I do get a sore left thumb from mashing the D-pad when I play Soul Caliber or Virtua Fighter though.

Before she bitches too much, have her try an hours-long Space Invader marathon with an original Atari 2600 controller. Then she'll have something to complain about.

[cjwild Posted Feb 24th 2009 10:04PM]

i feel you on the soul calibur thumb, but this is just ridiculous...

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 25th 2009 5:28AM]

I do get a sore left thumb from mashing the D-pad when I play Soul Caliber or Virtua Fighter though.

This, only replace Virtua Fighter with Tekken.

[mattcoz Posted Feb 24th 2009 9:05PM]

Reminds me of when I once caused my palm to bleed from playing Mario Party.

[monkeyontherun4 Posted Feb 25th 2009 12:20AM]

haha i remember my buddy got a HUGE blister from playing tug-o-war in mario party

[Giga Posted Feb 24th 2009 9:04PM]

Fail!

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 24th 2009 9:15PM]

I don't know about palm damage, but Street Fighter IV fukin my thumb up.

[GleepGlop Posted Feb 24th 2009 9:36PM]

...Still no cure for cancer.

[tastypotato Posted Feb 24th 2009 9:38PM]

Woah.

Nice. :O

[BrosefStalin Posted Feb 24th 2009 10:01PM]

Fucking cancer, all of you. But don't worry, I'm sure you're so much cooler now that you've posted a meme outside of your precious tumor. Keep to yourselves, you filthy RANDUM XD peasants, and stay off the good boards.

[cjwild Posted Feb 24th 2009 10:03PM]

this is a joke...right? i guess my hands are too tough for lesions :)

[Jesse S Posted Feb 24th 2009 10:03PM]

I quit the chans about 3 years ago. Nice job!

[Someoneishere Posted Feb 24th 2009 10:11PM]

Dr. House!
Ya baby!
Best TV show ever!
By the way, Mondays episode was sick!

[CheesusCrust Posted Feb 24th 2009 10:15PM]

My hands hurt when I play the 360 controller. I guess it's because I've played Sony all my life

[Someoneishere Posted Feb 24th 2009 11:54PM]

360 FTW!
I never get tired when playing!
I hate PS3.

[pokes Posted Feb 25th 2009 7:02AM]

good for you!

btw, why exactly...??

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 24th 2009 10:16PM]

They shoulda stuck with the boomarang design.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 24th 2009 11:02PM]

HAHA I love PEDOBEAR, i don't even know what pedobear is but that picture is great, i think i might get a tattoo of that!!! btw I used to think playstation controllers were the best controllers ever made until i got Xbox 360 now I think the PS controller is too small, I catch cramps in my thumb when playing fight night on PS3.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 24th 2009 11:59PM]

Dam Swiss, Go Back To Making Delicious, Magical Chocolate!

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 25th 2009 1:31AM]

Really? Haven't the PlayStation family controllers been pretty much the same shape, except for slight tweaks and adding the analog sticks, for almost 15 years? How many hundreds of millions of PSone, PS2, and PS3 controllers are out there? And just now there's an official medical issue? Sounds like some researchers just wanted to get in the news with a pointless study.

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 25th 2009 2:47AM]

It's worth pointing out (as Engadget won't, because it goes against their hidden agenda), that is concerns ALL consoles. The disorder has Playstation in it's name, only because Playstation is synonymous with console gaming, nothing more.

People need to understand Engadget/Joystiqs hidden agenda, and who ther biggest advertiser that have to keep happy at any cost is...

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 25th 2009 5:01AM]

@ bigemsx

ROFL! you really have no idea. Oh btw i would strongly suggest you DO get a 'pedophilia-bear' tattoo somewhere revealing.

[Cloudd901 Posted Feb 25th 2009 6:47AM]

This reminds me of something I've seen...
HAHA, here's a link. The pic has nothing to do with the topic, but the meaning does.
http://www.geocities.com/cloud_d_901/Other/epicfailda0.jpg

[(Unverified) Posted Feb 25th 2009 7:07AM]

I'd still take a PS3 over a Wii though, seeing how badly a Wii can hurt your possesions:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL1C4RREO1I