Anyone know about static electricity

[dogsbodydogsbod]

Does anyone suffer with static electricity events. I did before i was diagnosed with mitral valve stenosis and all been quiet since my op. However it seems to have started again when i touch people or metal and its freaking me out. I am starting to get health anxiety but at the present time i am fed up talking to G.P's as some make me feel worse when i'm trying to stay positive. Has anyone had a Mitral valve replacement as i am wondering how long it takes to regain overall body strength even though i know we are all different but all the literature i see says, should be back to normal after a few months and so on. I am 17 months on and feel as though i moving at a snails pace. Anyway i won't go on anymore as i feel like i'm droning on and on. Hope to hear from someone.

[Hidden]

Dear dogsbodydogsbod

I don’t think that you are droning on at all and that static electricity, although not life threatening can be annoying and disabling .

Some suffer mildly while others can get a blast even with a spark.

I am not medically trained but as far as I can see that your new valve hasn’t anything to do with it, I maybe wrong.

There is a few ways that I get around it { yes a fellow sufferer }

Changed my footwear to leather souls. [ yes I know I’m vegan , but leather is a by product of the meat industry]

Deliberately discharge myself by touching things, car door etc.

Some of the common prevention tips on the net include:

Put a safety pin in the cloth you are wearing

Use fabric softener for your clothes

Keep your skin moisturised

Keep the air around you humid and not dry

I hope that any of the above helps you in anyway.

Take care

[dogsbodydogsbod in reply to Hidden]

Thanks Blue, cheered me up and will stop thinking that i'm in for something else that i can't see( generally what's going on inside of my body that's going to send me back to the A and E.) Will now focus on regaining some overall body strength that's my main goal.

[MONIREN]

I get it from time to time, zaps are quite loud and hurt, seems to have settled, I think it's weather related. I wasn't sure if it was because I'm getting older and don't pick up my feet, summer here, so barefoot most of the time, so no zaps. Take care. Moni

[Susannz]

Hi, I've had this this as long as I can remember. I put it down to my magnetic personality! I was a teacher so it was a source of great hilarity for my students. When I went back to uni I managed to crash the entire psych. dept. computer suite. The techs were most impressed-not. I wouldn't worry about it as I am 75 and still plugging along and complaining every time the car bites me!

[dogsbodydogsbod in reply to Susannz]

uplifting reply, made me laugh!