Serious Health Problems After Being Struck by Lightning

Often we hear the direct victims die due to lightning or thunder. But too often, nothing worked through critical times and able to survive.




A report released The National Lightning Safety Institute in Colorado, United States, said about 80 percent of Victims survive a lightning strike. However, 25 percent of those WHO survived suffered serious health problems or the impact of these horrific post-incident.

This means that of the 100 victims of a lightning strike, 20 of whom will die and 20 others will have a pretty heavy suffering throughout his life.
 

Victims of lightning strikes do have to prepare mentally to the possibility of normal life is not like before. The symptoms most frequently reported problems ranging from physical, mental to emotional. In some cases recorded in the U.S., its impact can lead to disability so that the victim no longer work as usual.

In a Slate article published site, never reported the case of Jerry LeDoux, lightning victim in 1999 at the age of 56 years. Former Navy Seal and Vietnam veteran was once a short-term memory impaired due to events that befall

"I never kept Easter eggs and are not able to find it again. I can not forget during the day, sometimes up to a week," he said.

Unable to bear with the pain, fatigue and depression are very severe, Jerry never desperate to end his life. Increasingly desperate when he declared it impossible to be able to work as usual.

"In the first year they said I would never be able to work again, I took the gun and pointed it at the head and pulled the trigger. But you know what happens? I forgot to fill out the bullet," said Jerry.

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) noted that the injuries suffered by victims of lightning strikes are different from those affected by stun. The reason, the contact stress that occurs with lightning can reach 300 kilovolt, while electric shock is only about 20-63 kilovolt only. Contact with the Thunder also has a shorter duration than regular electric shock, which is only about seperseribudetik.

However, both flashes of lightning and electrical shock can cause burns, and both are triggered death by attacking the heart function.


NASA also said the victim of a lightning strike or stun alike can have other impacts due to burns, "an electric shock burns can lead to kidney infection, muscle and tissue damage or amputation. burns due to lightning could cause life-threatening cause fatal disorders to cardiovascular and nerve damage. "

Still according to NASA records, lightning strikes more experienced men than women. The reason, men tend to prefer outdoor sports atrivitas thus making them more vulnerable. In addition, the habit of holding metal objects such as golf clubs can also increase the risk, because it effectively can increase one's height.

Health problems that can be experienced by survivors of lightning strikes:
* irregular heart rhythms
* Heart Disorders
* Impaired memory and difficulty sleeping
* Confusion
* Seizures-convulsions
* brain damage
* numbness or numbness
* Pain
* Impaired concentration
* Depression
* Headache
* Damage to the eardrum
* Deafness / Tinnitus / Vertigo
* Damage to the cornea