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[交流] 【Share】'Toasted Skin Syndrome' a side effect of working with warm laptop


According to recent medical reports, exposing skin to the high temperatures created by laptops can lead to "toasted skin syndrome".

There’s a downside to the toasty feeling of a warm laptop against your legs -- mottled and discolored skin.

Keeping the heated surface of the laptop against one’s skin can for extended periods of time can cause ‘toasted skin syndrome’ – a condition caused by long-term heat exposure, reports the Associated Press.

While laptop computers (similar to heating pads or hot water bottles) rarely get hot enough to cause burns, the syndrome can cause the skin to darken and can, in rare cases, lead to skin cancers, said the Swiss researchers, Drs. Andreas Arnold and Peter Itin from University Hospital Basel.

Researchers do not cite any skin cancer cases linked to laptop use, but advice using a ‘heat shield’ under the computer if you work with it on your lap.

Under the microscope, the heated skin resembles skin damaged by long-term sun exposure, Dr. Kimberley Salkey, an assistant dermatology professor at Eastern Virginia Medical School, told the AP.

Salkey examined a Virginia law student who had sought treatment for the mottled discoloration on her leg. Salkey discovered that the student spent about 6 hours a day working with her laptop, registered at 125 degrees, against her legs.

The syndrome isn’t limited to computer users.  It has been seen in bakers and glass blowers – occupations where one works for long periods of time in close proximity to heat sources.

Laptop manufacturers are aware of the damage that prolonged exposure can cause: Apple, Hewlett Packard and Dell warn in user manuals against placing laptops on  exposed skin.
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小木虫(金币+0.2):抢了个小板凳,给个红包
3楼2010-10-05 13:29:17
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Thanks for your kind reminding
4楼2010-10-05 13:29:59
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laoshishuiniu

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wa oh.my god.i seldom use my pc that way.
5楼2010-10-05 13:42:30
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xuediandongxi

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Do not directly put the laptop on your bare leg. It will burn your skin.
6楼2010-10-05 14:37:21
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