Wiiitis on the rise with Wii players, reports doctor

News Reader · Post by **News Reader** » June 7th, 2007, 7:00

Wiiitis on the rise with Wii players, reports doctor
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digg_url = 'http://digg.com/offbeat_news/Wiiitis_on ... tor';We've officially got a new gadget-related medical term on our hands people, coined by Dr. Julio Bonis, who woke up one morning and realized his Wii was causing him sports-injury like symptoms. Wiiitis is the name (yes, it's different from Nintendinitis), learn it well. Although it's only good for categorizing one specific type of Wii-related bodily injury, it has been canonized in a letter published by the New England Journal of Medicine, Unfortunately, the treatment may be worse than the disease for some: Bonis prescribed "ibuprofen for one week, as well as complete abstinence from playing Wii video games". Just think of it as a chance to play with your BlackBerry, get in some time with your iPod, make some calls on your high SAR cellphone, or generally geek out with other portable electronics. Hey, doctor's orders.

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Post by **FatherJack** » June 7th, 2007, 12:03

I bet mime artists have suffed from this for years.

eion · Post by **eion** » June 7th, 2007, 12:22

My wii was itchy for a while, but I used the cream and the shampoo and it got better.

Stupid crabs.

SquinteyeMckneecap · Post by **SquinteyeMckneecap** » June 8th, 2007, 10:18

LOL - Crabs

I've actually seen somebody get their front tooth knocked out by somebody playing baseball on WiiSports without the wrist strap on and letting go at full swing. It was funny for everyone but the guy on the receiving end, good job he's got dental insurance.

Took a big chunk out of the top of the controller too!

How long do you think before we see a Wii related death???

/Squinty receives Wii-nunchuck to the temple

, stumbles, but he's alright

Squinty

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » June 8th, 2007, 11:38

SquinteyeMckneecap wrote:How long do you think before we see a Wii related death???

There's already been one, of sorts: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/15/wii_death/

Woo Elephant Yeah · Post by **Woo Elephant Yeah** » June 8th, 2007, 12:19

I think I actually suffered from Wiiitis about a week after playing Wii Sports Bowling.

My shoulder was absolutely killing me, and the only thing that it could of been was the Wii.

Stoat · Post by **Stoat** » June 8th, 2007, 12:25

Woo Elephant Yeah wrote:I think I actually suffered from Wiiitis about a week after playing Wii Sports Bowling.

My shoulder was absolutely killing me, and the only thing that it could of been was the Wii.

Hehe, I had this with Wii Tennis. I thought one day "My arm is really hurting, and I can't think why."
Then I picked up the remote, served, cringed and thought "Aah."

cheeseandham · Post by **cheeseandham** » June 8th, 2007, 13:40

spoodie wrote: There's already been one, of sorts: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/15/wii_death/

Categorising that as a "Wii-related" death is taking the piss.

spoodie · Post by **spoodie** » June 8th, 2007, 14:26

cheeseandham wrote:Categorising that as a "Wii-related" death is taking the piss.

OOF!

SquinteyeMckneecap · Post by **SquinteyeMckneecap** » June 8th, 2007, 15:56

Those poor kids, no Wii and Mommy really was dying for a piss.... that joke might have been in bad taste, sorry.

That's not Wii related enough, I want too see somebody with a nun-chuck skull fracture from trying to make fireballs on Dragonball - Z!!!

Squinty