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Anesthesia

Anesthesia can be local, regional or generalized. The purpose is to allow for procedures without the patient feeling pain. This can be anything from having a tooth pulled to open heart surgery. The different levels of anesthesia can cause an area to be numb all the way to putting the patient in an induced coma.

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Can anesthesia cause you to be depressed?

Yes. It happens to my mom almost every time she has a major surgery, of which she has had about 6 in the past year and a half. She is a diabetic and has a major infection and they are trying to control it so she can keep her leg.

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What can you say about the effects of epidural anesthesia in labor?

Although most women have epidurals with no problems, there are some potential side effects they should be aware of when choosing this as a pain relief method:

  • Sometimes, an epidural can cause your blood pressure to decrease; this may occasionally cause your baby's heart rate to slow. To decrease this risk, you'll be given fluids through an intravenous line before the drug is injected. Often, just changing your position is all that is necessary to improve blood pressure.
  • After delivery, your back may be sore from the injection for a few days. However, an epidural does not cause long-term back pain.
  • If the covering of the spinal cord is pierced, you can get a bad headache, but this only happens about one percent of the time. It does not always cause a headache, but if one occurs, there are effective ways to treat it. If it's not treated, the headache may last for days, but this is rare.
  • If the epidural has been given for an extended period of time, or if a lot of medication is given late in labor, it may be hard to feel when to push with a contraction. Your labor nurse can help time your efforts if you have trouble, and you should still be able to push effectively.

Serious complications are very rare:

  • If the drug enters a vein, you could get dizzy or light-headed. In extremely rare circumstances this may cause a brief seizure.
  • If anesthetic enters your spinal fluid, it can affect your chest muscles and make it hard for you to breathe.
  • When obstetric pain management is performed by a trained anesthesiologist, serious complications such as these rarely occur and are readily managed if they should.

Who was anesthesia created by?

For the source and more detailed information concerning this subject, click on the related links section (History of Anesthesia) indicated below this answer box.

How much does shivering affect metabolic rate?

Shivering uses muscles, which generate heat, which in turn increase the metabolic rate.

Shivering increases oxygen consumption by up to 5-6 times the normal rate.

Britt, L.D., Dascombe, W.H., Rodriguez, A. (1991) New horizons in management of hypothermia and frostbite injury. Contemporary Problems in Trauma Surgery, 71(2), 345-370.

How many hours should you eat prior to general anesthesia?

As a general rule, you should not eat or drink anything after midnight before your surgery. Under some circumstances, you may be given permission by your anesthesiologist to drink clear liquids up to a few hours before your anesthesia.

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What drug was used by modern man as the first anesthetic for surgery?

Anesthetics first got their use with: 1. Natural plants and herbs 2. Alcohol In the B.C.'s there were already anesthetics in use. They would get the subject high or drunk, and then perform the said operation. Mainly, anesthetics were not used until the later 1800's, but if you want to get specific, we could say around the dawn of the Egyptians and the dawn of Native Americans.

Does anesthesia cause pain after surgery?

It all depends on your systems. After a couple of days you should be ok.

How can you speed up the proses to wear off anesthetic?

Massage it. Get blood flow moving in that area. Sounds easy, but takes a while. And you might look silly doing it.

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When you are put to sleep with anesthetic do you dream?

Yes, or at least, I do. I had gas at the dentist when I was a child, perhaps five times, and I dreamed every time. The dreams I had were different in style to normal dreams, they were more vivid and I remembered them more easily. Once I decided beforehand to try to control my dream, and I was successful (this is known as "lucid dreaming"). I have had much less success during "normal" dreams. Curiously, under general anaesthetic I lose track of time; when I awake I am not aware of how much time has passed (it seems like less than a minute). Normally I can tell the time to within half an hour when I wake up.

What is anaesthetic gas for kids?

Anesthetic gas is a gas that will cause temporary loss of feeling and consciousness. Anesthetic gas is also a non-flammable gas.

Why do have to be careful using ether?

Because it is a substance that has extreme physical hazards cognisance of which must always be a priority when planning even the simplest of procedures and the use of best laboratory practice at all times is paramount in ensuring its safe use.

What type of anesthesia is used for eyelid surgery?

Yes, eyelid surgery is done with general anesthesia. This is to make sure that your eyes lids are completely immobile during the process. The process is fairly quick and very common in Asian countries.

Do pediatric patients need anesthesia for circumcision?

If not, they should, because circumcision is EXTREMELY painful.

The problem is that infants are in a great deal of danger when under general anaesthetic and an injected pain block is also terribly pain full so they are usually done with no anesthetic. this also saves he doctor money and make the op less expensive for the idiots that ordered it.

Where Can you buy Anesthesia?

There are a few topical anaesthetics available at pharmacies, such as anbesol for toothaches, or some others for minor skin abrasions. You're not going to be able to get more serious anaesthetics without a prescription, if at all.

Is it safe to drink alcohol 12 hours prior to general anesthesia?

As a general rule, you should not eat or drink anything after midnight before your surgery. Under some circumstances, you may be given permission by your anesthesiologist to drink clear liquids up to a few hours before your anesthesia.

Source: http://lifelinetomodernmedicine.com/faqs.aspx