Thread: An experience I Do not want to get any closer too...

Got this off the net,
within the first week. (See Prognosis, Presentation, Treatment, and Medication.)
Major complications are rare in mild and moderate lightning injuries, although musculoskeletal discomfort and subjective sensations of paresthesias, irritability, and other nonspecific neurologic sequelae may be present, depending on the location and intensity of the strike. In severe lightning injury with cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) required in the field, permanent neurologic deficit and hypoxic injury are common.


Complications of being struck by lightning include the following:

• Chronic pain syndromes
• Neuromuscular pain
• Neurocognitive deficits including short-term memory loss, difficulty accessing or processing new information, attention deficit, personality change, distractibility, or loss of ability to multitask
• Isolation or depression
• Sympathetic nervous system dysfunction
• Dizziness
• Sleep disorders
• Symptoms similar to postconcussion syndrome (eg, headaches, nausea, confusion)
• Atypical seizure disorders

Cardiopulmonary complications include the following:

• Transient hypertension
• Electrocardiographic changes
• Myocardial injury
• Congestive heart failure
• Dysrhythmia
• Transient asystole
• Atrial fibrillation
• Ventricular fibrillation
• Frequent premature ventricular contractions
• Respiratory complications
• Apnea
• Hypoxemia

Damage to the central nervous system (CNS) is the second most debilitating group of lightning injuries.[22] Neurologic complications include the following:

• Immediate loss of consciousness
• Amnesia and confusion
• Retrograde amnesia
• Hemiplegia, aphasia
• Coma
• Seizures
• Intraventricular hemorrhage
• Hematomas
• Keraunoparalysis

Vascular complications include the following:

• Vasomotor instability
• Arterial spasm
• Vasoconstriction
• Vasodilatation

Ophthalmic complications include the following:

• Cataracts
• Macular holes
• Corneal lesions
• Hyphema
• Iritis
• Vitreous hemorrhage
• Retinal detachment
• Optic nerve injury

Otologic complications include the following[18] :

• Ruptured tympanic membrane
• Temporary hearing loss

Apart from that that, nothing to worry about , harden up, Bob

Originally Posted by Didge

Dave, I'd be buying a lottery ticket if I were you, sounds like you're very lucky not to be in a wooden box at this moment. ...

Why do people use this saying at times like this? Unfortunately you may have just used up all your luck by not getting killed by the lighteneing and now your reserves are partially depleted. Those of us who were fortunate enough not to have been nearly killed by lighteneing yesterday still have our full supply available, so we should be buying lottery tickets.