What happens to a person after lightning strike

• What happens to a person after lightning

For a person likely to get struck by lightning in any one year is one chance in 300,000. Although 90 percent of people then survive on their bodies forever remain a scar from an electric discharge in the form of Lichtenberg figures. But this is not everything that happens during a lightning strike.

What happens to a person after lightning strike What happens to a person after lightning strike

Lightning can heat the surrounding air to 27,760 degrees Celsius - which is five times greater than the temperature of the Sun - and contain up to one billion volts. It is terrible to imagine what amounts of energy can do to the human body.

What happens to a person after lightning strike

When the electric charge enters the body, it closes a small electrical signals that control the heart, lungs and nervous system. This can lead to cardiac arrest, seizures, brain damage and spinal amnesia.

What happens to a person after lightning strike

A flash of light and electricity can harm the eyes.

What happens to a person after lightning strike

For example, the holes may be formed in the retina, cataract and cataract.

What happens to a person after lightning strike

The men struck by lightning can cause impotence.

What happens to a person after lightning strike

As the lightning moves through the human body to the surface, it can bring the red blood cells from the capillaries near the epidermis. That is, there is a bruise.

What happens to a person after lightning strike

And these bruises formed as previously mentioned Lichtenberg figures.

What happens to a person after lightning strike

From lightning and heats any metal on the person causing third-degree burns.

What happens to a person after lightning strike

Immediately evaporates sweat or any other liquid on the body. Sometimes lightning strike disrupts human clothing and shoes.

What happens to a person after lightning strike

24-year-old electrician Winston Kemp struck by lightning in 2011. "I ran into the street to save a pumpkin from the rain. Only I realized that lightning struck the neighbors, it was very bright and loud. "

What happens to a person after lightning strike

"I do not feel anything. He returned to the house as if nothing had happened. Only a few hand hurt. "

What happens to a person after lightning strike

"After about an hour I saw the marks on her arm. The next day went on to form the marks. "

What happens to a person after lightning strike

"They continued to grow throughout the week."

What happens to a person after lightning strike

Lightning beats 25 million times a year in the United States.

What happens to a person after lightning strike

Lightning also leaves traces on the grass.

What happens to a person after lightning strike

Lichtenberg figures are named after the German scientist Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, first described power figures.