Wiiitis. The term was coined by the Spanish Julio Bonis, of the research group in biomedical informatics of Barcelona, ​​in a letter sent to the New England Journal of Medicine in 2007. It is a type of tendinitis , similar to that caused by sports injuries, that suffer those who play virtually tennis, golf, bowling and other sports with the Wii console from Nintendo. The risk of injury increases in these cases because, while in a real sport like tennis the energy dissipates when hitting the ball, with the control of the Wii we hit the air, and the energy accumulates in the joint and the tendons In addition, the use of the Wii without physical preheating is inadvisable.

Palmar hydradenitis of the PlayStation.Skin disease described in 2009 in the British Journal of Dermatology by Professor Vincent Piguet, University Hospital of Geneva (Switzerland). The main symptoms are painful irritation and red welts on the palms of the hands . The specialists suspect that it appears to keep the control of the game firmly subject during many hours, to which the excessive sweating due to the tension of the game is added. It is cured with a few days of "abstinence".

Visual syndrome of the computer. Headache, visual fatigue, double vision, difficulty in focusing, dry or red eyes, photophobia (intolerance to light) ... These are the symptoms of Computer Visual Syndrome, recently described by the American Association of Ophthalmology and quite common among those who spend hours playing in front of the screen. One of its possible explanations is the deficit in the blinking , since if while a person talks blinks around 22 times per minute, in front of the computer screen only does it seven times, increasing the irritation of the eyes.

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