Electrolytic burns with electro-AP?

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Hi All,

 

Daniel C. Luthi wrote:

> ... once the [intensity] reached 5 and above the said acupoints

> developed burned marks after I removed the needles. Does this

> normally happened to patients who underwent weight loss. I know the

> marks will disappear but it will take months.

 

I have stopped using electro-AP, as I find that simple needling

works just as well in most cases.

 

The old electrostimulators were unipolar, i.e., one electrode was (+)

and one was (-); with those instruments, one had to reverse the

electrodes every few minutes to avoid electrolytic burns.

 

Modern stimulators are supposed to be bipolar, i.e. each electrode

has an alternating (+) and (-) phase, so that the net electrical effect

at a given point is close to zero. One is supposed to get little or no

electrolytic burning with those instruments at normal output

intensities.

 

(1) Was the " problem " instrument monopolar or bipolar?

 

(2) Could it be that the intensity was too high, even for a bipolar

instrument?

 

 

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[Guest guest]

The old electrostimulators were unipolar, i.e., one electrode was (+)

and one was (-); with those instruments, one had to reverse the

electrodes every few minutes to avoid electrolytic burns.

>>>>Phil monopolar in acup devices usually meant a modified square wave and not

true DC. They should not cause burns. I have used for many years a Japanese

monopolar stim and never seen a burn, although i guess theoretically these

devices can become somewhat ionized. Burn occur at the (-) pole of DC stims

because of the strong alkalinity that can be created

Alon