Contraindications - Medel MYO TENS Handbuch

IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS AND WARNINGS
Dear Customer,
Thank you for purchasing this product.
It is important that you read all the warning and precautions included in this manual because they are intended to
keep you safe, prevent injury and avoid a situation that could result in damage to the device.

CONTRAINDICATIONS

Consult with your physician before using this device, because
the device may cause lethal rhythm disturbances in certain
susceptible individuals.
DO NOT USE THIS DEVICE UNDER THESE CONDITIONS:
• If you have a cardiac pacemaker, implanted defibrillator, or other
implanted metallic or electronic device. Such use could cause
electric shock, burns, electrical interference, or death.
• Together with a life-supporting medical electronic device such as
an artificial heart, lung or respirator.
• In the presence of electronic monitoring equipment (e.g., cardiac
monitors, ECG alarms), which may not operate properly when the
electrical stimulation device is in use.
WARNING
• On open wounds or rashes, over swollen, red, infected, inflamed
areas, or skin eruptions (e.g., phlebitis, thrombophlebitis, varicose
veins); or on top of, or in proximity to, cancerous lesions.
• Over areas of skin that lack normal sensation.
• On the opposite sides of your head since the effects of stimulatio-
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nof the brain are unknown.
DO NOT USE ON THESE INDIVIDUALS:
• Pregnant women, because the safety of electrical stimulation
during pregnancy has not been established.
• Children or infants, because the device has not been evaluatedfor
pediatric use.
• Persons incapable of expressing their thoughts or intentions.
DO NOT USE THIS DEVICE DURING THESE ACTIVITIES:
• Bathing or showering;
• Sleeping;
• Driving, operating machinery or any activity in which electrical
stimulation can put you at risk for injury.
PRECAUTIONS
PAIN MANAGEMENT WARNINGS
• If you have had medical or physical treatment for your pain,
consult with your physician before using this device.
• If your pain does not improve, becomes seriously chronic or
severe, or continues for more than five days, stop using the device
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