Nintendo thumb

[3] The symptoms can include blistering, paraesthesia (a tingling or a burning feeling in the skin),[4][5] as well as swelling of the thumbs, though any finger can be affected.

Few case reports of symptoms including stiff and painful joints and limited range of motion in the wrist after frequent Atari 2600 use were published in the late 1970s and early 1980s.

In 1987, an 11-year-old boy reported to the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia complaining of his finger being contracted, flexed, and being unable to relax it back to its baseline position.

After medical investigation it was determined that this same finger was being used to use the joystick of his video game remote (no mention of the brand) up to around 6 continuous hours on a daily basis.

All other fingers that did not use the joystick did not witness this injury, and a general approach of anti-inflammatories and eliminating playing time was used to treat this individual.

The next day, she experienced severe pain in the right thumb (specifically in the extensor tendon), which she had used to press a button on the video game console repeatedly.

It was found that the pain occurred when the boy flexed his thumb while playing a Nintendo video game, and that he had no history of trauma or disease.

[2] It is known that movements that are both high in acceleration and in force can lead to injury if performed repeatedly, and this applies to both larger limbs such as legs and arms, as well as smaller ones such as wrist and fingers.

[2] The pain and discomfort resulted from this injury is usually temporary, and the recommended treatment includes holding back on playing video games for several days.

According to a case report from 2008, a teenager twisted and fell on his knee while playing the Wii which caused a lateral patella dislocation.

The rupture of the tendon will require surgery, while minor tears can be addressed with non-surgical treatments like physical therapy and use of NSAIDs.

[15] In 2009, a case report was published describing a 42-year-old woman who tore her left Achilles tendon after stretching her leg on her Wii Fit board.

[3] Hidradenitis has been diagnosed through an examination to confirm the presence of neutrophils (a type of immune cell present during inflammation) in the eccrine sweat glands.

These lesions develop when people spend prolonged periods of time using their hands to hold and manipulate PlayStation controllers.

[33] The second case was in 2017 in a 14-year-old boy who had painful palmar nodules after spending prolonged periods of time playing games and using his mobile phone.