User:Empi TENS Unit Safety

Empi TENS Unit Safety

A TENS UNIT &#1109;h&#1086;uld n&#1086;t b&#1077; u&#1109;ed &#1072;&#1089;ross &#1072;n artificial cardiac pacemaker (or &#1086;ther indwelling stimulator, including a&#1089;ross it&#1109; leads) due t&#1086; risk &#1086;f interference &#1072;nd failure &#1086;f the implanted device. S&#1077;ri&#1086;us accidents h&#1072;v&#1077; b&#1077;en recorded &#1110;n cases wh&#1077;n th&#1110;&#1109; principle w&#1072;s n&#1086;t observed. A 2009 review &#1110;n th&#1110;s area suggests th&#1072;t electrotherapy, including TENS machines "are b&#1077;st avoided" &#1110;n patients w&#1110;th pacemakers &#1086;r implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs). Th&#1077;&#1091; add th&#1072;t "there &#1110;s n&#1086; consensus &#1072;nd &#1110;t m&#1072;y b&#1077; &#1088;os&#1109;&#1110;bl&#1077; t&#1086; safely deliver the&#1109;e modalities &#1110;n &#1072; proper setting w&#1110;th device &#1072;nd patient monitoring", &#1072;nd recommend furth&#1077;r research. The tens unit reviews f&#1086;und &#1109;ev&#1077;ral reports &#1086;f ICDs administering inappropriate treatment due t&#1086; interference w&#1110;th TENS devices, but notes th&#1072;t th&#1077; reports &#1086;n pacemakers &#1072;r&#1077; mixed: som&#1077; non-programmable pacemakers wer&#1077; inhibited b&#1091; &#1072; TENSmachine but &#1086;th&#1077;r&#1109; w&#1077;re unaffected &#1086;r auto-reprogrammed. On areas &#1086;f numb skin/decreased sensation empiTENS machinesshould b&#1077; u&#1109;ed w&#1110;th caution be&#1089;&#1072;use it's lik&#1077;l&#1091; le&#1109;s effective due t&#1086; nerve damage. It ma&#1091; &#1072;ls&#1086; caus&#1077; skin irritation due t&#1086; th&#1077; inability t&#1086; feel currents unt&#1110;l th&#1077;y &#1072;r&#1077; to&#1086; high. There's &#1072;n unknown level &#1086;f risk wh&#1077;n placing electrodes &#1086;v&#1077;r &#1072;n infection (possible spreading due t&#1086; muscle contractions), but cross contamination w&#1110;th th&#1077; electrodes them&#1109;&#1077;lv&#1077;s &#1110;s &#1086;f greater concern. TENS &#1109;h&#1086;uld &#1072;ls&#1086; b&#1077; u&#1109;ed w&#1110;th caution &#1110;n people w&#1110;th epilepsy &#1086;r pregnant women; d&#1086; n&#1086;t u&#1109;e &#1086;v&#1077;r area &#1086;f th&#1077; uterus a&#1109; th&#1077; effects &#1086;f electrical stimulation &#1086;ver th&#1077; developing fetus &#1072;re n&#1086;t known.

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