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title: "A team of San Diego doctors said a 29-year-old man was treated for “Candy Crush thumb” after he tore a tendon from playing the smartphone color-matching game."
date: 2015-04-15
author: Drew Breunig
url: https://www.dbreunig.com/2015/04/15/a-team-of-san-diego-doctors-said-a-29-year-old-man.html
---

> A team of San Diego doctors said a 29-year-old man was treated for “Candy Crush thumb” after he tore a tendon from playing the smartphone color-matching game.

—[UPI.com](http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2015/04/15/San-Diego-surgeons-treat-mans-Candy-Crush-thumb/4471429110943/)