Link between the pacemaker and lightening/thunder
@VinayaG (550)
Kathmandu, Nepal
January 6, 2016 1:24am CST
Pacemaker is heart tissue which controls the heart beat. When pacemaker cannot function properly, an electronic device is installed in the heart which is also called pacemaker. The electronic pacemaker takes over the function of the natural cardiac pacemaker.
Since pacemaker is electronic device it can be affected by magnet and electricity. When there is lightening and thunder, an person who has pacemaker installed in his heart is under risk.
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@Happyflowerlady (31)
• Huntsville, Alabama
10 Feb 21
I think that this might have been true in the past; but the newest developments in pacemakers have stopped a lot of this. Anyone is in danger of being electrocuted by lightning if they are out in a thunderstorm, but people with a pacemaker are in no worse danger than anyone else.
I have had a pacemaker for a little over a year, and there are a few things that I do have to be careful about. Anything that sends electricity through your body, like a TENS machine, can affect the pacemaker.
We have a device that helps with pain in the feet, but because it uses a slight electric current, I can’t use it, however, something like a back pad that has massage motor in it is fine for me.
@Happyflowerlady (31)
• Huntsville, Alabama
11 Feb 21
@myklj999 , okay, that is interesting information for me, and something I had no idea of. I know on a regular forum, it does not make sense to directly respond to a person who has not been active; but in a discussion , then I thought it didn’t matter.
I have a pacemaker, so I searched for threads about pacemakers, and found this one.
I assumed that other people interested in pacemaker discussions would do the same thing and find my post here.
