It’s also possible that you will suffer from chronic pain and constant Parkinson’s-like muscle twitches. You might undergo personality changes, mood swings, and memory loss. Some scientists believe that the lightning scrambles your internal circuitry, altering the behaviour of your cells. In the wake of a lightning attack, you might be faced with a lifetime of neurological afflictions for reasons that scientists still don’t fully understand. The strike could even cause temporary or permanent paralysis. If the electric current enters your skull, it could literally cook your brain, resulting in brain damage or putting you in a coma. The shock could also cause seizures or respiratory arrest. Immediately after being struck, the disruption the lightning would have caused to your heart’s electrical rhythm could result in cardiac arrest, one of the leading causes of death in lightning strike victims. One victim recalled it as " the pain of a thousand wasps stinging from within". And, of course, you can expect a whole world of pain. It’s not uncommon for the blast to rupture your eardrums, possibly leading to hearing loss. This is a pattern of scars that branches out across your body like the limbs of a tree, likely tracing the path the electricity took as it travelled through you. And if the lightning exits through your feet, the force could literally knock your shoes off.īlood vessels bursting from the electric discharge and heat might create something called a Lichtenberg figure on your skin. If you happen to be wearing any metal objects, like necklaces or a piercings, they could channel the electric current, superheating and searing your skin.
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