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Could The Electric Shock Cause A Pacemaker Stop Working?

Would recieving an electric shock cause a pacemaker/internal defib to stop working. My father has one and the other day revieved a shock from a computer he was working on and now he is feeling sick, tired and wore down just like before he had it put in.
posted on Fri, 14 Mar 2014
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it won't stop but may change the program so pacer and Aicd needs reprogramming just I shock bi Aicd won't make u sick it is due to electric shock
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Could The Electric Shock Cause A Pacemaker Stop Working?

it won t stop but may change the program so pacer and Aicd needs reprogramming just I shock bi Aicd won t make u sick it is due to electric shock