Using Auvon TENS unit pads safely

An electrode pad spreads the device's electrical pulse over the skin. A pad that is dry, curled, dirty, damaged, or partly detached can concentrate the sensation at an edge and feel sharp or uncomfortable. The adhesive also needs direct skin contact; lotion, sweat, body oil, and dense hair may weaken attachment. Pads are personal-use items because sharing them can transfer skin oils and microorganisms.

Switch the unit off before connecting, moving, or removing electrodes. Wash and dry the skin, inspect it for cuts or rash, then press the entire adhesive surface down without folds. Follow your model guide or a clinician's diagram rather than placing pads directly over the front or sides of the neck, head, spine, prominent bones, broken skin, or so that current travels across the chest. After use, lift each pad gently by an edge instead of pulling its wire, return it to its liner, and seal it in its storage pouch. Replace pads when they no longer stay flat or stimulation becomes uneven despite proper preparation.

Remove the pads and turn off the unit if you feel burning, stinging, increasing pain, or an unpleasant shock. Mild temporary redness under an electrode can occur, but persistent redness, blistering, swelling, broken skin, or a spreading rash needs medical advice before reuse. Obtain urgent care for chest pain, sudden limb weakness, new severe numbness, or loss of bladder or bowel control; do not use stimulation to delay assessment of these symptoms.

Show your clinician the exact painful area and ask for a placement pattern that avoids reduced-sensation skin, recent surgical sites, and irritated tissue. Mention implanted electronic devices, heart rhythm problems, epilepsy, pregnancy, adhesive allergies, and any inability to feel heat, touch, or electrical stimulation normally.