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Hand Made Contact With Electrical Device. Burned Whole In Finger. Headache, Ringing In Ears And Weak. Solution?
Monday as I was working on a high voltage electrical device, my hand made contact with the wire, burned a hole in my finger and saturated most of my upper body but mainly exited through my head, knocking me unconscious for over 15 seconds. ER says rhythm is good. But now as I wait to go back to the followup comp doc who btw blew me off until friday, (this happened monday) my symptoms are deteriorating. The burn on my hand has quadrupled and finally burst, i have almost constant headaches, ringing in both ears with a severe loss of hearing in my right ear, and I am constantly exhausted. Weak, muscles are weak and sore, my back and hip hurt quite a bit as I fell 5 feet from the ladder, which thankfully saved my life......
Thu, 13 Jun 2013
Hello,
You have been electrocuted by touching live wire and had electric shock, which alters heart beats and affects muscles and electrolyte imbalance in the body, therefore you must be feeling much weakness in body, while your physician checked you and find every thing normal after your electrocution. so here is my advice for you to take plenty of fluids with electrolytes and B-complex and calcium supplements along with rich protein and carbohydrate diets, by this suggestion you will recover soon and better you also go for ECG and complete heart check up to rule out any cardiac changes taken place due to electrocution. Good luck and take care
You have been electrocuted by touching live wire and had electric shock, which alters heart beats and affects muscles and electrolyte imbalance in the body, therefore you must be feeling much weakness in body, while your physician checked you and find every thing normal after your electrocution. so here is my advice for you to take plenty of fluids with electrolytes and B-complex and calcium supplements along with rich protein and carbohydrate diets, by this suggestion you will recover soon and better you also go for ECG and complete heart check up to rule out any cardiac changes taken place due to electrocution. Good luck and take care
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