Ah, the Swiss. While Germans have been busy doing useful things with street lighting, the Swiss have been busy treating people who actually still play a Sony console for injuries.

Here’s the story. Swiss scientists have ID’d a new skin disorder that they believe came from prolonged gaming. They’re calling it “PlayStation palmar hidradentitis,”, a condition where painful lumps appear on the palms. The diagnosis came when a 12-year old girl visited a Geneva hospital with hand lesions. Allegedly from a gaming marathon that lasted hours. She fully recovered after a ten-day break from the PlayStation.

Sony spokesman David Wilson actually commented on this. Without laughing I assume. He said that they had never heard of a case like this, despite hundreds of millions consoles being sold, and that with any leisurely activity, “there are possible consequences of not following common sense, health advice and guidelines.”

[Reuters] VIA [Engadget]