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Sony Respond to the "PlayStation Palm" Issue

PlayStation palmar hidradenitis. Such a cruel disease. In case you missed it a 12-year-old girl who arrived at Geneva University Hospital in Switzerland with sores on her hands was diagnosed with her PS3 being the culprit. Apparently gaming is the cause behind the 'skin disorder', I use the term loosely as excessively squeezing something insanely tight to the point that it causes sores to form is hardly a 'skin disorder'.

Sony have responded, and like us as well as the rest of the world they have never heard of such a thing happening. "We would not wish to belittle this research and we will study the findings with interest, but this is the first time we have ever heard of a complaint of this nature."

"With any leisure pursuit there are possible consequences of not following common sense, health advice and guidelines, as can be found within our instruction manuals."

It's still kind of weird that this girl managed to actually get sores on her hand from a PlayStation controller. The manuals these days may be full of safety information but I guess they don't say anything about not rubbing your hand against the controller for hours on end.

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ICC_06 26/02/2009
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acid
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Not only do female core gamers exist but their palms are dissolving because of their gaming habits.

Greasy food controller > festering sores controller
xkazatom
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seems like someone~ wasnt winning while playing High School Musical 3
:P
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firzen
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xkazatom said: seems like someone~ wasnt winning while playing High School Musical 3
:P



HAHAAHH!!! XD

acid said:
Greasy food controller > festering sores controller



that might be it. I always clean all my controllers and handheld once every week so the scum does not gather on them. it feels gross and i hate seeing my beutiful games covered in it because my family members can't remember to wipe off their hands after they eat.
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rivalZone
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She was an idiot. I have played games for 20+ hours straight with the only break being for the toilet...

She must have uber-sensitive hands or something.
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parso71
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xkazatom said: seems like someone~ wasnt winning while playing High School Musical 3
:P


That's GOLD!
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IKTPQ
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acid said:
Greasy food controller > festering sores controller


i hate that so much! after my bro or any of my friends play the sony it feels like they have smeared butter all over the controller >_< i have no idea how they manage that or can even play when it feels like that
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SpaceSteve
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I dont know how they can even say gaming caused it. 1 person out of 21 million does not make this very credible.
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IKTPQ
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i used to get blisters from to much megadrive xD those Dpads flogged your thumbs haha, maybe i had this condition back then but never bothered going to the doctors
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weaponx11
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the only time i get blisters from playing is big sessions with Bejing games,
only cuz they make its so bloody hard
SpaceSteve
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I used to get a blister on my thumb from mario cart on the 64.
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Leasha
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I dunno this seems pretty stupid! Maybe she just didnt clean her controllers enough and yeah she had something on them as well... I dunno- maybe she just wants attention and money from sony??
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Jimbo_1993
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its her fault not the ps3's
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Skipblade
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The ole Mrs Palmers
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mikerulz8
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the only time ive gotten blisters is on my thumb with way too much button bashing and thats when my hands were uber sweaty
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Viper593
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xkazatom said: seems like someone~ wasnt winning while playing High School Musical 3
:P


LOLOLOOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOOL I Loled in R/L
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xkazatom
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Just doin' mah thing lolol jj
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Astrolite
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Many of us play from friday afternoon to monday morning with no problems. On top of weekday play I even play PSP at work, I must have magic hands!
firzen
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i got a blister on meh thumb from playing Mega-Man X Maverick Hunters on the GC. it was a FF7 type rpg and was a pretty good game overall. the healer sucked though. to get just have your HP healed you had to spin the Control Stick at Mach5. got about 3 blisters in a week because of that game.
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zyxses
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I get sore itchy palms.
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IAMColonel
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rivalZone said: She was an idiot. I have played games for 20+ hours straight with the only break being for the toilet...
She must have uber-sensitive hands or something.




You would kind of expect that from a 12 year old girl, wouldn't you?
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rivalZone
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No. Not so sensitive that something like this could happen
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Luke4123
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SpaceSteve said: I dont know how they can even say gaming caused it. 1 person out of 21 million does not make this very credible.



I agree.

lol The stick on the N64 always used to make my hands itchy...
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Vinzor
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Noob hands syndrome.
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