皮肤过敏与手机有关？
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.
英国皮肤科医师协会称，医生们在发现患者耳部或两颊出现无法解释其原因的皮疹时应当注意，那可能是由于过度使用手机而造成的皮肤过敏。
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.
协会援引已发表的研究成果称，长期使用手机的人可能会对手机的镍制外壳产生过敏性反应，进而生出红色或发痒的皮疹，即患“手机皮炎”。
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.
虽然迄今为止的证据都证明使用手机不会导致脑癌等重大疾病，但是由于越来越多的人依靠手机进行日常通讯，因而手机安全问题也日益受到关注。
"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.
该组织在一份声明中说：“患手机皮炎者，其皮疹通常出现在脸颊或耳部，具体取决于手机的金属部件与皮肤接触的部位。”
"In theory it could even occur on the fingers if you spend a lot of time texting on metal menu buttons."
“从理论上讲，如果你长时间敲击（手机的）金属菜单按钮发信息，皮疹甚至会出现在手指上。”
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.
美国梅奥医疗中心指出，镍这种金属存在于各种产品中，从手机、珠宝首饰到皮带扣中都有，它是引发过敏性接触皮炎的最常见原因之一。
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.
早些时候，位于美国罗德岛州普罗维登斯市的布朗大学的莱昂内尔·贝尔科维奇与其同事对8家不同厂商的22款畅销的手机进行了测试，结果发现其中10款都还有镍。
