Table of Contents
- Overview
- Symptoms
- Treatment
- Prevention
- Images
Electrical shock
Symptoms
Symptoms depend on many things, including the type and strength of voltate, how long you were in contact with the electricity, how it moved through your body, and your overall health.
Symptoms may include:
- Changes in alertness (consciousness)
- Broken bones
- Heart attack
- Headache
- Problems with swallowing, vision, or hearing
- Irregular heartbeat
- Muscle spasms and pain
- Numbness or tingling
- Breathing problems or lung failure
- Seizures
- Skin burns
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Electrical injury Treatment
Review Date: 01/05/2011
Reviewed By: Jacob L. Heller, MD, MHA, Emergency Medicine, Virginia Mason
Medical Center, Seattle, Washington. Also reviewed by David Zieve,
MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
