Kluger Nicolas, Aldasouqi Saleh
Helsinki University Central Hospital, Skin and Allergy Hospital, University of Helsinki, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Department of Dermatology, 00029 HUS, Helsinki, Finland.
Presse Med. 2013 Feb;42(2):134-7. doi: 10.1016/j.lpm.2012.04.009. Epub 2012 May 28.
Tattooing has gained a tremendous popularity for the past twenty years. The motivations that drive an individual to acquire a tattoo are plentiful. Tattooing has also found its way in the field of medicine (corneal tattooing, gastrointestinal tattooing during endoscopy, permanent make-up tattooing, scar camouflage or radiotherapy field marking...). An emerging application of tattooing is for the purpose of medical identification for conditions requiring special attention during emergency situations, such as patients with diabetes who may be found unconscious due to hypoglycaemia or with allergy to specific medication. This new phenomenon, (practiced by patients on their own without medical consultation) can be found on the Internet. We review here this practice, which is seemingly underreported in the medical literature with its advantages and potential drawbacks.
在过去二十年里，纹身变得极为流行。促使个人纹身的动机多种多样。纹身也已在医学领域有所应用（角膜纹身、内镜检查时的胃肠道纹身、永久性纹眉、疤痕伪装或放疗野标记……）。纹身的一种新兴应用是用于紧急情况下需要特别关注的病症的医疗识别，比如糖尿病患者可能因低血糖而昏迷或对特定药物过敏。这种新现象（患者自行进行且未经医学咨询）在互联网上随处可见。我们在此回顾这种在医学文献中似乎报道不足的做法及其优缺点。
