Originally published February 19 2006
Playstation suspected in head jerking condition in nine-year-old boy
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
Nicolas Lavin, a nine-year-old boy from San Diego, Calif., was experiencing uncontrolled head movements until a doctor advised him to stop playing video games on his Playstation.
Nicholas Lavin said that he played PlayStation constantly over the holidays at his home in San Diego and began to notice that his head would jerk back and forth.
"I would do funny things with my head," Nicholas said.
Lavin's mother said her son began to twitch so badly that she took him to the family's pediatrician.
The doctor told her he was not allowed to play PlayStation anymore.
Once he stopped playing PlayStation, the twitching stopped, according to the report.
"All the head jerking is gone and his eyes are completely back to normal," Barbara Lavin said.
"I think it's a direct connection to the PlayStation and the amount of time he spent on it."
The San Diego Epilepsy Foundation said some video stimulation at certain frequencies can cause epileptic-type seizures or body jerks.
Doctors said to set time limits for games, keep lights on in the room so it's bright, and make sure children stay at least two feet way from the screen.
An MRI ruled anything else out, so for at least the next month, Nicholas will not play PlayStation, according to the report.
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