She's had shingles on her back which is why we think it has become sensitive to the pads for the TENS machine. She's in agony with back pain at the moment, is there anything anyone can suggest so that she can continue using the TENS machine? It was the only thing that helped her back pain before she started coming out in a rash with it. Thank you
2007-03-19 07:52:01 · 5 answers · asked by Pink 1 in Health ➔ General Health Care ➔ Pain & Pain Management
If she's been using the pads for a while, it's common to get a rash under the area they cover. Try varying the placement of the pads, and always wash the skin well with soap and water before and after using them. Never put the pads exactly on the same spot every day - move them an inch or two to the left or right, or up or down. Only turn on the machine for an hour and a half at a time - she will get the effects in that time, and the effects will last for a couple of hours. Then turn it on again for another 90 minutes - if she leaves it on for hours on end, she'll get a rash much quicker.
You don't say whether she's using self-adhesive or carbon rubber. Try switching to the ordinary carbon rubber electrodes and use plenty of gel with them, and a hypoallergenic tape to secure them.
Hope that helps.
2007-03-19 08:10:28 · answer #1 · answered by RM 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Are you sure it is the pads? I don't really know how a tens machine works, but is it possible to place some kind of layer between the skin and the pad? When I had a problem with adhesives on plasters and sticky things from the hospital I found the only one I could tolerate was mefix tape. Sticky on one side, easily removed from the skin or other surface. Would it be worth a try?
2007-03-19 08:00:38 · answer #2 · answered by bluebadger 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The pads only get old and much less sticky yet greater gummy. If new pads are a fee concern, you could positioned them interior the ice field and which will renew them for a time. in the event that they do no longer make good touch with the floor, they'd't artwork. The greater cutting-edge ones will inform you this in an errors code.
2016-10-01 04:36:37 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are lots of different pads available so it might be worth looking up suppliers on the web! If she uses the self adhesive ones it might be worth trying ones that aren't! It's usually the adhesive that is causing the reaction rather than the pads! It might be worth trying to clean the adhesive off with surgical spirit and holding the pad on with a square of meditape! If there is no reaction and she is comfortable then you can purchase the non-adhesive pads.
2007-03-19 08:33:13 · answer #4 · answered by willowGSD 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The TENS pads are specially formulated for the machines with the sticky acting as a gel. get her to talk to the doctor, there might be something they can suggest as an alternative or something a physio can suggest.
2007-03-19 07:56:06 · answer #5 · answered by Andromeda Newton™ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋