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Static Shock When some one mentions static shock, you may think of the popular cartoons or TV show slapstick. But here we are dealing with the shock that is caused by static electricity. Shock is a trauma resulting from electricity passing through ones body to another object. If you touch a live electric wire, the current flows through your person to the ground. This gives you a jolt, which could be severe, or even fatal. Such shocks can come from static electricity as well. An example of this is the jerk you might feel if you walk vigorously on a carpet and then touch a metal object, say, a doorknob or any conductor (a material that does not resist electricity) for that matter. The same impact may be felt in a handshake or a kiss. What takes place is an electrostatic discharge (ESD). [VIEW ARTICLE]Comments RSS Feed For This Article: 
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 Landon writes:Subject: Why you get shocked so often I'm landon, I'm 13 years old in a magnet school. Well, The reason you may be getting shocked so often and so badly, is you may wear fleece clothing, or a material that is a conductor, if this is true..I would say that you should wear cotton or leather, something that has some resistance to Static Electricity. Or, another thing is that you may have a positive charge. Which you would have to talk to your doctor about this matter. Comment provided June 23, 2007 at 3:37 am
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Robert writes:Subject: severe static shock While operating my leaf blower, after about an hour, I received a severe static shock to my Finger. My finger turned red and the redness progressed up to my wrist. After about two days my finger still aches and is red at the last joint. The pain was like frost bite with a moderate tingling for two days. The redness is diminishing. You can believe me a static shock is not funny but serious. Comment provided November 4, 2009 at 11:54 am
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Subject: Static electricity shock
I have a question. About 2.5 years ago I started getting shocked by everything. And I mean everything. It is to the point where I can actually see sparks and it is painful a lot of the time. Costco is a good example. Some of the times I am in the store I have to bring someone with me because I can't touch anything. I can't touch cardboard or the plastic handle on the shopping cart or any merchandise. One person I was with told me not to touch anything or her because I shocked her pretty bad when she tried to hand me a pen. I don't know what is going on and I was wondering if you have any advice?