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What Causes Electric Shock Sensation When Touching Metals, Electrical Equipment?
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i have been having this electric shock sensation everytime i touch metals (not connected to electrical source), electrical equipment and event cars...sometime it was not too bad but there were times when it hurt my fingertips... i also experience something like my whole body like shake from top to bottom for like a second...i dun know how to explain this but its like having electrical current move from top of my body to the bottom and dissapear to the ground ( i have been having this since i was a kid, now i am 33)... yup...it feels like that... so i wanna know, is this okay or if there is sumthing wrong wif my body...
i have been having this electric shock sensation everytime i touch metals (not connected to electrical source), electrical equipment and event cars...sometime it was not too bad but there were times when it hurt my fingertips... i also experience something like my whole body like shake from top to bottom for like a second...i dun know how to explain this but its like having electrical current move from top of my body to the bottom and dissapear to the ground ( i have been having this since i was a kid, now i am 33)... yup...it feels like that... so i wanna know, is this okay or if there is sumthing wrong wif my body...
Mon, 24 Feb 2014
Hi there,
Thanks for your query.
Small/insignificant amount of static current is commonly generated in all persons, due to friction between the skin and clothes. The intensity of this static energy is too less to cause electric shock-like sensations.
However, in some people, particularly those having a dry skin and wearing synthetic fabric, more than normal static energy is generated.
Metals are good conductors of electric current. Hence, people who generate more static current, feel the electric shock-like sensation when they touch a metallic object.
It is not abnormal. Plenty of water and salts intake, keeping the skin moist with body oils, avoidance of clothes made of synthetic fabric will minimize these sensations. NO TREATMENT IS REQUIRED.
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Dr. Rakesh Karanwal
Thanks for your query.
Small/insignificant amount of static current is commonly generated in all persons, due to friction between the skin and clothes. The intensity of this static energy is too less to cause electric shock-like sensations.
However, in some people, particularly those having a dry skin and wearing synthetic fabric, more than normal static energy is generated.
Metals are good conductors of electric current. Hence, people who generate more static current, feel the electric shock-like sensation when they touch a metallic object.
It is not abnormal. Plenty of water and salts intake, keeping the skin moist with body oils, avoidance of clothes made of synthetic fabric will minimize these sensations. NO TREATMENT IS REQUIRED.
If you find my response helpful and informative, do not forget an “excellent” (5-star rating) to my answer, to ENCOURAGE ALL doctors- engaged in social service- to render sound advice to the FREE queries.
Take care
Dr. Rakesh Karanwal
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