Lightning Injury
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Lightning Injury Complications
Complications of a lightning injury include:
Cardiac arrhythmia
Cardiac arrest
Heart stops beating
Internal bleeding
Ruptured eardrum
Cataracts
Fractures
Nerve damage
Rhabdomyolysis
Thermal
burns
Chronic pain
Depression
Seizures
Confusion
Personality changes
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Lightning Injury Underlying Cause
Related Conditions
Burns
Electrical injury
First degree burn
Second degree burn
Third degree burn
Arm numbness (unilateral)
Headache
Hearing loss
Leg numbness (unilateral)
Muscle aches
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Last Updated: Mar 24, 2009
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Stephen J. Schueler, MD
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John H. Beckett, MD
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D. Scott Gettings, MD
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Lightning Injury References:
Adekoya N, Nolte KB. Struck-by-lightning deaths in the United States. J Environ Health. 2005 May;67(9):45-50, 58.
Cherington M. Spectrum of neurologic complications of lightning injuries. NeuroRehabilitation. 2005;20(1):3-8.
Selvaggi G, Monstrey S, Van Landuyt K, Hamdi M, Blondeel P. Rehabilitation of burn injured patients following lightning and electrical trauma. NeuroRehabilitation. 2005;20(1):35-42.
Zafren K, Durrer B, Herry JP, Brugger H; ICAR and UIAA MEDCOM. Lightning injuries: prevention and on-site treatment in mountains and remote areas. Official guidelines of the International Commission for Mountain Emergency Medicine and the Medical Commission of the International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation (ICAR and UIAA MEDCOM). Resuscitation. 2005 Jun;65(3):369-72.
