Re: Mild electric shock from laptop
- From: "Susan" <sdbratt48@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2005 15:58:41 -0500
Burnt Genitals
A Swedish scientist who rested his laptop computer on his lap for just an
hour needed medical treatment for extensive blistering. A concerned doctor
wrote to The Lancet medical journal after encountering the distressed
patient.
He is warning the public of the potential dangers of using a laptop "in the
literal sense".
The 50-year-old father-of-two used the laptop machine, of unknown origin, to
write a report while sitting in an armchair.
Dr Claes-Goran Ostenson, from Sweden's Karolinska Institute, told the
journal: "He had placed his laptop computer on his lap while writing for
about one hour.
"The next day he noticed irritation."
The irration of his penis and scrotum led to blisters, one with a diameter
of 2cm.
Dr Ostenson said: "The patient recalled that, while sitting two days earlier
with his computer on his lap, he occasionally had felt heat and a burning
feeling on his lap and thigh."
Unfortunately for the victim, the blisters broke and developed into infected
suppurating wounds.
The manual of the computer concerned told users not to allow the laptop to
rest directly onto skin, warning: "With extended operation, heat can
potentially build up in the base.
"Allowing sustained contact with the skin could cause discomfort or,
eventually, a burn."
However, the patient in this case insisted he had been wearing both trousers
and underpants at the time.
"San Te of the 36 Chambers" <exaynrandfan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:0aj6v2xqpb.ln2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I was playing online on my dell 9300 laptop the other day. The inside of
> my arm was resting gently against the front corner of the laptop and I
> felt a slight stinging. It kind of felt like an electric shock but very
> mild... more of a stinging sensation. I can't feel it with my fingers. I
> can only feel it with the sensitive part of my forearms and only when the
> skin is barely touching the corner.
>
> Anyone have any idea what causes this and whether it indicates any sort of
> malfunction in the equipment?
>
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