Hi!
My husband was electrocuted while in the military approximately 35 years ago. There were no entrance or exit wounds. He was an electrician and a "kearney" broke. He became part of the 220/440 volt circuit.
He was "thrown" when his leg muscles spasmed from a squat position. He slammed onto steel planking with his back and head and the fuse blew.
He has multiple problems that initially occurred shortly after the injury.
Some time ago, I happened upon a report written by a U.S. Navy doctor addressing the effects of electrical shock to the internal autonomous systems and specifically the endocrine system. I have been searching and cannot find the site again. If you know of this site, please share the location.
My husband has experienced extreme swings in his endocrine system and the lab results over the years were never caught. He was always close to normal in some way at any given time, but no one had graphed the results over any period of time. I was the one who caught it and presented it to his endocrinologist.
At first the doctor looked at his most recent results and the results immediatly prior and stated they were not too far out of line... then he started looking back and said "Wow! Did you know your thyroid is all over the place?"
We are needing to know if anyone else is dealing with endocrine problems due to an electrocution injury and if so, what medical professional has stated definitively the link between electrocution and endocrine disruption.
Endocrine disruption takes on many symptoms and diagnoses. It can affect blood glucose levels, hair growth and hair loss, hot and cold flashes, sexual dysfunction and desire, weight gain or loss, overall growth, mood, depression, and this is just a sampling.
If you have not considered the endocrine system as a place to look for the source of your problems, you may want to suggest it to your doctor and expect to track it for an extended period of time. I am referring to a matter of a couple of years in our case.
We too have dealt with insensitive, arrogant, health "professionals". We have heard the terms psychosematic, we have been told he needs to start rating his pain as less intense, we have notations in his records as "hostile patient". Don't give up. There are good medical providers available and we just have to find them.
The lab readings ranged from very high to very low and everywhere in-between and then back again, but the swings were always slow enough that some of the readings would fall into normal range a couple of times and then the fact that it went into the opposite extreme was never caught.
My husband is now on full replacement thyroid and it has definitely helped, but we are still dealing with other endocrine anomolies. The good news is: We are finally on the right path and have a direction to go in. Maybe this information can help someone else and save years of lost time searching for the source.
Please respond with any information you may have.