Doctors baffled by an unexplained rash on people's ears or cheeks should be on alert for a skin allergy caused by too much mobile phone use, the British Association of Dermatologists said.
英國皮膚科醫(yī)師協(xié)會稱，醫(yī)生們在發(fā)現(xiàn)患者耳部或兩頰出現(xiàn)無法解釋其原因的皮疹時應(yīng)當(dāng)注意，那可能是由于過度使用手機(jī)而造成的皮膚過敏。

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.
協(xié)會援引已發(fā)表的研究成果稱，長期使用手機(jī)的人可能會對手機(jī)的鎳制外殼產(chǎn)生過敏性反應(yīng)，進(jìn)而生出紅色或發(fā)癢的皮疹，即患“手機(jī)皮炎”。

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.
雖然迄今為止的證據(jù)都證明使用手機(jī)不會導(dǎo)致腦癌等重大疾病，但是由于越來越多的人依靠手機(jī)進(jìn)行日常通訊，因而手機(jī)安全問題也日益受到關(guān)注。

"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.
該組織在一份聲明中說：“患手機(jī)皮炎者，其皮疹通常出現(xiàn)在臉頰或耳部，具體取決于手機(jī)的金屬部件與皮膚接觸的部位?！?/p>

"In theory it could even occur on the fingers if you spend a lot of time texting on metal menu buttons."
“從理論上講，如果你長時間敲擊（手機(jī)的）金屬菜單按鈕發(fā)信息，皮疹甚至?xí)霈F(xiàn)在手指上?！?/p>

Nickel is a metal found in products, ranging from mobile phones to jewelry to belt buckles and is one of the most common causes of allergic contact dermatitis, according to the Mayo Clinic in the United States.
美國梅奧醫(yī)療中心指出，鎳這種金屬存在于各種產(chǎn)品中，從手機(jī)、珠寶首飾到皮帶扣中都有，它是引發(fā)過敏性接觸皮炎的最常見原因之一。

Earlier Lionel Bercovitch of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island and colleagues tested 22 popular handsets from eight different manufacturers and found nickel in 10 of the devices.
早些時候，位于美國羅德島州普羅維登斯市的布朗大學(xué)的萊昂內(nèi)爾·貝爾科維奇與其同事對8家不同廠商的22款暢銷的手機(jī)進(jìn)行了測試，結(jié)果發(fā)現(xiàn)其中10款都還有鎳。

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