If your child has an unexplained rash AND an iPad, you might need to toss the iPad, or at least put a case on it.
iPads contain nickel, and nickel is one of the most common allergy-inducing metals..
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Recent reports in medical journals detail nickel allergies from a variety of personal electronic devices, including laptops and cellphones. But it was an Apple iPad that caused an itchy body rash in an 11-year-old boy recently treated at a San Diego hospital, according to a report in Monday’s Pediatrics. source
Nickel rashes aren’t life-threatening but they can be very uncomfortable.
