Do You Suffer From a Tech-Induced Sickness?

Nomophobia to iPosture.

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Do you suffer from Phantom-vibration syndrome or Scrotal hyperthermia? Chances are you probably do, but don't even realize it (or, like most people I know, just deny any symptoms to begin with). But such are the consequences of being raised in a digital era. In this week's New York magazine, Clint Rainey takes a close look at the most common sicknesses that arise from being plugged into social media and the Internet 24-7. Check out a few of the tech-induced ailments below, and pray to Grumpy Cat that it's not too late to change your ways:

Laptop thigh (erythema ab igne)
Also called “toasted-skin syndrome,” it’s achieved when casings reach 110 degrees underneath (some can get as hot as 125), leaving legs pockmarked with discoloring burns—though only a handful of cases exist in medical literature.

[via New York]

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