A condition called “toasted skin syndrome” has been linked to prolonged computing sessions with laptops. Toasted skin syndrome, a condition usually suffered by foundry workers or glass blowers, is mottled discoloration brought on by prolonged exposure to temperature. A young boy who was diagnosed with toasted skin syndrome after habitual video gaming on a laptop drew headlines and warnings that the condition could possibly lead to certain skin cancers.
Notebooks induce fried skin syndrome
Any person who puts a laptop on their thighs for lengthy periods of time is likely to get fried skin syndrome. One boy went to the doctor who was only 12. He reportedly had “sponge-patterned” skin on his left thigh, accounts CBS. He spent hrs playing computer games each and every day. He did this for numerous months too. Someone else got mottled skin on her leg as a student. Dr. Kimberley Salkey said that the student had gotten fried skin syndrome because she studied for 6 hours a day with a computer on her lap the whole time. The laptop got to about 125 degrees. This is what was measured.
Cancer of the skin grows with an excessive amount of laptop use
Workers who are around intense heat often are the only ones that are diagnosed with toasted skin syndrome until now. Salkey told the Associated Press that toasted skin looks like skin damaged by prolonged sun exposure under a microscope. Fried skin syndrome is caused by more things too. Heating pads that aren’t too hot could be overused and cause it. The skin gets discolored, however has been considered harmless until now. However, Swiss researchers who published an article about toasted skin syndrome in the medical journal Pediatrics said that the condition can trigger damage that leads to skin cancers.
Try to get a notebook heat safeguard to help
The Swiss researchers didn’t discuss any specific instances in the Pediatrics article of skin cancer. There weren’t any real incidents discussed. They did suggest that you put something underneath it to protect you. This might be something like a carrying case or a heat shield. Heat generated laptops usually give warnings via major computer makers of the temperature. Yahoo News published this report. The Associated Press explains that in the report, it points out that 1 in 10 instances in medical journals since 2004 talks about fried skin syndrome. One of these was about how scrotum temperatures being too high can lead to a decreased sperm production.
Articles cited
ABC News
abcnews.go.com
Christian Science Monitor
csmonitor.com
PC World
pcworld.com
CBS News
cbsnews.com/8301-504763_162-20018447-10391704.html
Pediatrics
pediatrics.aappublications.org/
Yahoo News
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101004/ap_on_hi_te/us_laptop_toasted_skin
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