Physician, heal thyself of Acute Wiiitis

June 18th, 2007 by tim finin

The current issue of the distinguished New England Journal of Medicine has a letter describing a new malady, Acute Wiiitis (Volume 356:2431-2432, 7 June 2007, Number 23). The author, Dr. Julio Bonis of Barcelona, diagnosed himself with Wiiitis, which was brought about by Wii Sports.

“The treatment consisted of ibuprofen for one week, as well as complete abstinence from playing Wii video games. The patient recovered fully.”

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