History
Video game addiction has been studied since the 1980s, and has seen a significant increase in the number of empirical studies since then.The press has reported concerns over online gaming since at least 1994, when Wired mentioned a college student who was playing a MUD game for 12 hours a day instead of attending class.Press reports have noted that some Finnish Defence Forces conscripts were not mature enough to meet the demands of military life and were required to interrupt or postpone military service for a year. One reported source of the lack of needed social skills is overuse of computer games or the internet. Forbes termed this overuse "Web fixations" and stated they were responsible for 13 such interruptions or deferrals over the five years from 2000 to 2005.In an April 2008 article, The Daily Telegraph reported that surveys of 391 players of Asherons Call showed that three percent of respondents experienced agitation when they were unable to play, or missed sleep or meals to play. The article reports that University of Bolton lead researcher John Charlton said, "Our research supports the idea that people who are heavily involved in game playing may be nearer to autistic spectrum disorders than people who have no interest in gaming. "On 6 March 2009, the Canadian Broadcasting Corporations (CBC) national news magazine program the fifth estate aired an hour-long report on video game addiction and the Brandon Crisp story, titled "Top Gun", subtitled "When a video gaming obsession turns to addiction and tragedy.
Grain itch is a cutaneous condition caused by several types of mites, and characterized by intense pruritus. : 454

See also
Grocers itch
List of cutaneous conditions
List of mites associated with cutaneous reactions


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