Boy developed "toasted skin" condition from using a laptop every day
Laptops don't usually get hot enough to burn—but they can still be harmful.
Laptops don't usually get hot enough to burn—but they can still be harmful.
The short version
- Laptops don’t usually get hot enough to burn—but they can still be harmful.
- Fears that modern electronic devices may harm children are nothing new.
- Gadgets with screens of any size have long been allegedly melting, rotting, and/or corrupting the brains of youths for decades.
What happened
However, a medical case report published this week offers a new and alarming way our digital doodads may cause physical harm. In BMJ Case Reports , two UK doctors, Mara Znagoveanu and Edward Artley, report the case of a boy who came to an emergency department with alarming marks on his abdomen.
Why it matters
The marks were described as being in a patch about 15 centimeters (six inches) wide, made of flat, reddish-brown “interlacing lines forming irregular circles and a lace-like morphology.” A picture of the marks is here .
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