I get hives if I go outside for more than 20 minutes, even on overcast days. Sunblock helps for the most part. It is annoying, and only gives me more of an excuse to be lazy indoors.
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iPad Implicated in Pediatric Rashes Diagnosed as Nickel Allergies [Updated]
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I get hives if I go outside for more than 20 minutes, even on overcast days. Sunblock helps for the most part. It is annoying, and only gives me more of an excuse to be lazy indoors.
Someone who knows how to use an iPad, like the 11 year old child knows. Some people need training wheels/cases for their iPads.
I only use an iPad case for the looks. My case is made of leather and wood. If I didn't find that case I'd have used the iPad without a case as well.
After years of wearing it, I developed an allergy to my wedding ring. No, seriouslyit's made of white gold, an alloy of gold and nickel.
There are millions of new nickel coated steel coins being put into circulation in the UK. Despite recommendations from dermatology groups.
Guess no one cares until it comes back to bite them.
They're common enough that you can probably find someone with one if you look hard enough. I don't think I've ever met someone with the Allergy. I've also never met anyone with a nut allergy but that's common enough (and serious enough) to put waring labels on things.
That said, there are probably better options (like finding a different alloy) than abandoning metal as a case option. The iPad is going to be the least of that kid's worries has Nickel is used in a lot of copper. steel, and aluminum alloys and as a plating material in other things.
iPad Implicated in Pediatric Rashes Diagnosed as Nickel Allergies
That's why I give my children $10 bills for allowance!
Too dangerous to give them a US Nickel (5 cents). Made from 25% nickel
Just kidding. Show some common sense (cents) The USA has a bigger lawsuit and deeper pockets than Apple if this gets out of hand.
People just need to be aware of their allergies and deal with them.
Nickel is used in medical devices too. Just need to be knowledgable.
Nickel in Medical Applications
Stainless Steels, nickel alloys, and other nickel-containing alloys are used extensively in the medical field. Included in the scope of medical applications is surgical implants, medical tools, health care equipment and fixtures, as well as dental tools and implants. Cosmetic body modification such as body piercing can also be considered as a medical application. For further details on this segment, see Applications and Materials Selection.
http://www.nickelinstitute.org/NickelUseInSociety/MaterialsSelectionAndUse/MedicalApplications
That's why I give my children $10 bills for allowance!
Too dangerous to give them a US Nickel (5 cents). Made from 25% nickel
Just kidding. Show some common sense (cents) The USA has a bigger lawsuit and deeper pockets than Apple if this gets out of hand.
People just need to be aware of their allergies and deal with them.
Nickel is used in medical devices too. Just need to be knowledgable.
Nickel in Medical Applications
Stainless Steels, nickel alloys, and other nickel-containing alloys are used extensively in the medical field. Included in the scope of medical applications is surgical implants, medical tools, health care equipment and fixtures, as well as dental tools and implants. Cosmetic body modification such as body piercing can also be considered as a medical application. For further details on this segment, see Applications and Materials Selection.
http://www.nickelinstitute.org/NickelUseInSociety/MaterialsSelectionAndUse/MedicalApplications
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After a quick google search, it appears that some people have allergic reactions to aluminum and polycarbonate.
Dumb story.
Dumb story.
All the more need for a (supposedly) nickel-free iWatch and a Health app!
When I read the article I was glad Apple has been alerted to this issue. I am allergic to nickel as well and have trouble wearing jewelry, belts and watches with metal that tightly touches my skin. It's tough to find a belt that doesn't have a metal buckle. Even a thick coat of nail polish doesn't eliminate it completely. I have one belt that I wrapped the buckle in black duct tape! Thankfully, I never tuck in my shirts.
Apple had better consider this when they create the iWatch. For what it will probably cost, it shouldn't have nickel in it.
Not true. The body can become allergic.
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Surprising. That's what worked for me years back, until I just gave up watches entirely. Maybe it wasn't think enough?
You clearly have no idea how allergies work. You can be born with them, grow out of them, and have new ones develop at any time of your life.
I put several thick coats of clear polish on my current watch. It's much better but I still get a little bit of a rash if I wear it all day and especially if it's hot outside. It's just a PITA and wish they just wouldn't use nickel at all, especially if I were to spend big bucks on an Apple watch.
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Correct. I didn't know I was allergic to nickel until I pierced my ears (jr. high, I think). Many women will say the same thing. I think wearing the cheap earrings in a new wound starts the process, like the first touch of poison ivy starts your reaction from then on. I didn't have seasonal allergies until I was over 40 and they only seemed to be bad the first couple of years I started getting them. Now, not so much.
I have a Smart Cover on my iPad, and the bare metal is quite often in contact with my skin. In fact, that seems to be the norm in my experience - full-body cases exist, but don't seem necessary or generally used hereabouts.
Is there nickel in MacBook aluminum housings? If so, is it subject to the same irritations?
In any case, glad I apparently don't have any sensitivity to nickel, at least not in the concentrations of the iPad back casing.
I developed a penicillin allergy when I was a child. My son was born with allergies to milk, eggs and soy protien. He got over the egg one, and we're hopeful milk will be the next to fall.
As I explained earlier. Just think about this for a moment.
It's often not the contact, it's the length of contact.
Women who cannot wear silver, they may come up in marks after something has been in contact with their skin for many many hours, even days. Not just by picking something silver up.
As with watch bands being in contact with your wrist all day.
Stainless Steel, Plastic, Titanium being typical good materials.
A coin you don't hold against you skin for many hours at a time day after day.
A child, or adult even, may spend many hours a day holding an iPad or iPhone.
Well, people are prone to allergic reactions genetically; what someone is specifically allergic to depends on a lot of different factors, such as quantity and frequency of exposure, age of first significant exposure, etc. The more you come into contact with a particular irritant, the more likely it is for you to develop an allergic reaction to it (apparently, especially during childhood). The more prone you are to allergic reactions, the lower that threshold is.
It is perfectly reasonable to suspect that the rise in nickel allergies is very real, not just a testing artifact, triggered by greater prevalence of nickel-laced skin-contact objects. That said, I'm not an expert in nickel allergies specifically, so don't know the nuances involved here (ex, are specific nickel alloys more likely to irritate?)
IMHO, I'd push Apple to remove nickel compounds from the cases of its devices wherever possible.
Not dumb at all.
Such information, including yours about other materials, might help people who have been wondering why they got rashes or cracked skin at times.
Just because you haven't heard of something, does not negate its existence or importance to others.
I think nickel is used to harden a lot of metals. I think a lot of kitchen knife stainless steel have nickel in it too. Just my conjecture after reading a lot of useless information.
http://www.nickelinstitute.org/en/NickelUseInSociety/AboutNickel/WhereWhyNickelIsUsed.aspx