Electrotherapy is a common physical therapy method in clinic, which stimulates the human body through electric current to achieve the effect of treating diseases, such as the treatment of inflammatory pain, neuromuscular disease, neurosis and so on.
Common treatment methods include low and medium frequency electrotherapy, high frequency electrotherapy, electrostatic therapy and so on. Electrotherapy is a safer treatment method. Some patients who do not follow the doctor’s requirements and use the electrotherapy device for too long a time and in too large a dose may experience nausea, vomiting, dizziness, pain and other symptoms.
Some of the hazards caused by improper operation, such as in the application of direct current electrotherapy, energized for too long, electrolysis products will be followed by an increase in concentration, which can cause chemical burns on the local skin. Acid burns appear at the anode, forming blisters; alkaline burns appear at the cathode, forming gray-brown shallow ulcers.
Electrotherapy is not suitable for women during pregnancy, severe heart disease, malignant tumors, bleeding tendency, high fever, motor sensory disorders of patients. Patients are advised to undergo treatment with the help of a professional physiotherapist to obtain the best treatment results.