• May 4, 2024

Currently, the use of tablets It has great popularity . It is estimated that there are approximately 70 million users in the world who consider it a tool for him work , business, school or they just see it as an end recreational .

If you're fanatic of this gadget , you will be interested to know that the use of iPad detonates allergies dermatological by their finishes of nickel , one of the most common metals that causes this reaction in the body, according to a study published in the journal Pediatrics .

Nickel dermatitis

Clifford Bassett, medical director of Allergy & Asthma Care in New York , The United States, states that currently it is common to find more patients with rashes in the skin as a result of the use of gadgets manufactured with nickel .

The symptom of the allergy to this metal they manifest themselves with redness itching swelling and even blisters that are uncomfortable. Many times people do not realize that they are allergic to a material they use all the time, says the doctor.

The children they are particularly susceptible to the nickel It is rare for parents to realize that their children areallergic to this metal.

In accordance with Sharon Jacob, dermatologist at Rady Children's Hospital in San Diego , California, the allergy to the nickel It is more common in the little ones. Approximately 25% of children who have an exam cutaneous they have this suffering , unlike a decade ago, when only 17% of cases were detected.

Common allergy in summer

Pilar Iriarte, member of the Cutaneous Allergy Committee of the Spanish Society of Allergology and Clinical Immunology (SEIAC) , explains that this type of hypersensitivity it's more frequent in summer because the nickel It is easily absorbed by the body due to the humidity Y sweat .

It mainly affects the hands by the habitual contact, lobes of ears, wrists and face.

The allergy nickel does not heal, therefore once diagnosed jewelery and objects should be avoided metallic containing this metal affirms the medical Iriarte .

East suffering adds to existing ones by the use of gadgets , as injuries and pain in the hand, wrist and forearm. Have you suffered from inconvenience caused by the use of technology ?

Video Medicine: Mayo Clinic Minute: Are you allergic to jewelry? (May 2024).