Have you found yourself itchy after using your Apple iPad or other electronic device? And not from looking at pictures of spiders or other itch inducing photos. If you have; you may have what recent reports in medical journals say is a nickel allergy.

A recent case of just such a thing in San Diego, CA., highlights an 11 year old boy admitted to hospital with a rash which, according to doctors, was caused caused by a nickel allergy. Nickel is common metal used in most electronic devices.

According to the report from the Daily Mail, nickel rashes aren't life-threatening but they can be very uncomfortable, and they may require treatment with steroids and antibiotics if the skin eruptions become infected, said Dr. Sharon Jacob, a dermatologist at Rady Children's Hospital, where the boy was treated.

Doctors tested the device and detected a chemical compound found in nickel in the iPad's outside coating.

"He used the iPad daily," she said. He got better after putting it in a protective case, she said.

Apple declined to comment on the matter.