Usually when the hand touches something like an electric shock, it may be caused by body static electricity or peripheral nerve injury, cervical spondylosis and other reasons. 1. Body static electricity: when the air humidity is lower than 30%, clothing and body friction is easy to cause static electricity , common in the fall and winter seasons, clothing is mostly chemical fiber, woolen material. When the hand touches something, there is often a feeling of electric shock. 2. Peripheral nerve injury: peripheral nerve injury can cause electric shock symptoms in the hand, such as brachial plexus nerve injury, median nerve injury and so on. 3. Cervical spondylosis: due to the compression of cervical spondylosis to the nerve, can cause the patient’s hands and upper limbs with electric shock symptoms, the patient may also be accompanied by hand weakness, numbness and other symptoms. When the hand touches something like an electric shock can also be seen in other reasons, it is recommended to go to a professional hospital, clear cause of the disease in the doctor’s guidance for the appropriate treatment.