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Suggest Remedy For Pain In Hands And Shoulders After Electric Shock
just touched exposed wires on an extension lead..by mistake.... and received an electric shock... a sharp pain shot up my arm ...the household circut breaker went off which switched off all electricity in the house n i went n put electricity back on... came back to bed and now arm hurts a bit n tingling in hands and all the way up...shoulder hurts also.. is it normal?
Mon, 30 Jun 2014
Hi and welcome to HCM.
yes it is normal. if there is no some visible skin wound then treatment is only resting and have cold shower on this area. symptoms may persist for 1-2 weeks and it may be unpleasant but it will disappear for sure.
Thanks for the query. Regards
yes it is normal. if there is no some visible skin wound then treatment is only resting and have cold shower on this area. symptoms may persist for 1-2 weeks and it may be unpleasant but it will disappear for sure.
Thanks for the query. Regards
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