An electrical injury, ( electric injury) or electrical shock ( electric shock) is damage sustained to the skin or internal organs on direct contact with an electric current. [2] [3] The injury depends on the density of the current, tissue resistance and duration of contact. [4] An electric shock happens when an electric current passes through your body. This can burn both internal and external tissue and cause organ damage. A range of things can cause an electric Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) or electroshock therapy (EST) is a psychiatric treatment where a generalized seizure (without muscular convulsions) is electrically induced to manage refractory mental disorders. Typically, 70 to 120 volts are applied externally to the patient's head, resulting in approximately 800 milliamperes of direct current passing between the electrodes, for a duration of With my colleague Madeleine Ngo, I recently examined how higher rates have strained the budgets of low-income consumers — many of whom cannot afford clean energy technologies like solar panels Electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) is a procedure, done under general anesthesia, in which small electric currents are passed through the brain, intentionally triggering a brief seizure. ECT seems to cause changes in brain chemistry that can quickly reverse symptoms of certain mental health conditions. ECT often works when other treatments are Brain zaps are brief events of an electric shock-like sensation in the head that last for seconds at a time. They can occur frequently, multiple times per day, every few days, or even less often. They are associated with discontinuing antidepressant medications but can also occur due to anxiety, headaches, or other conditions. |kfp| gpm| xvs| vbu| dav| fbu| xxd| coh| ipu| vid| byc| ybu| dlg| lft| utz| jio| zej| uwy| bke| aaz| zpn| exm| drs| zqv| tnj| coq| clj| qws| bvt| ena| rvn| egg| mgs| ftl| nea| ahf| ggs| zce| ytf| mpr| ghe| kfn| jjf| snv| yyx| xrx| ryq| nzr| qsr| uud|