According to Reuters UK medical experts are trying to get to bottom of an unexplained increase in rashes on the sides of peoples faces where they use a mobile phone. The medical experts believe that problem could be a new skin allergy caused by too much mobile phone use, the British Association of Dermatologists have said.
According to Reuters UK medical experts are trying to get to bottom of an unexplained increase in rashes on the sides of peoples faces where they use a mobile phone. The medical experts believe that problem could be a new skin allergy caused by too much mobile phone use, the British Association of Dermatologists have said.
Citing published studies, the group said a red or itchy rash, known as “mobile phone dermatitis,” affects people who develop an allergic reaction to the nickel surface on mobile phones after spending long periods of time on the devices. say Reuters
“It is worth doctors bearing this condition in mind if they see a patient with a rash on the cheek or ear that cannot otherwise be explained,” it said. The British group said many doctors were unaware mobile phones could cause the condition.
Safety concerns over mobile phones has grown as more people rely on them for everyday communication, although the evidence to date has given the technology a clean bill of health when it comes to serious conditions like brain cancer.
“In mobile phone dermatitis, the rash would typically occur on the cheek or ear, depending on where the metal part of the phone comes into contact with the skin,” the group said in a statement.
