IS IT TRUE about anesthesia? if you've seen the awake movie, it helps...?!
Question: is it true that some people are awake during the surgeries? do they only listen to stuff, or do they feel the pain as well? cause this is awful!
so, r they simply paralyzed and can feel everything?
or not?
Answers: is it true that some people are awake during the surgeries? do they only listen to stuff, or do they feel the pain as well? cause this is awful!
so, r they simply paralyzed and can feel everything?
or not?
Generally, the patient is "put under" with anesthesia. otherwise, it would be barbaric to let him feel the pain of the surgery. Anestheisa is meant to depress the pain control and wake, sleep cycle that is located in teh hypothalamus of the brain. The dose of the anesthetic is based on the patient's age; weight ; medical history and prior experience with surgery and the length of the surgery.
Sometimes, the dose is not enough and the patient may wake up and try to fight or move, And the anesthesiologist just adminsters more anesthetic. Mind you, aside from the surgeon; the anesthesiologist is very impt during surgery. He has to monitor the vital signs of the patient.( ie., his respirations, blood pressure, pulse rate ; cardiac rhythmn and oxygen saturation). He has to give the right amt of anesthesia. He is responsible to see that the patient is well sedated and anesthesized. He follows up with the patient until he recovers from the anesthesia; becomes fully reacted. and extubated as the case maybe.
Another type of anesthesia called the twilight or conscious anestheisa; wherein the patient is given anesthesia but he remains awake but pain free. Still another is called spinal or saddleblock used mostly for deliveries; wherein the patient's lower part of the extremity is paralyzed but the patient remains awake and conscious.
Go to the site below for more explanation on the different types of anesthesia:
http://www.permanente.net/homepage/kaise...
no
No these methods numb the nerve endings, meaning you cannot feel pain. This is common practice in many surgeries. Some forms knock you out, others numb the nerve endings so although conscious etc no pain is felt in the operations.
Unfortunately, some people remain conscious but unable to move ; yes, they do feel the pain. It is a rare occurrence and it is being studied to work out why it happens so it can be avoided in the future. It is very traumatic for the patient.
http://sci-con.org/2002/05/consciousness...
As a point of interest, in certain types of brain surgery the patient must remain awake and no anesthetic is used at all....it all sounds a bit grim doesn't it ?
It has been known to happen, but I'm fairly certain that it's quite unlikely. I definitely saw an interview on tv once - perhaps on Discovery Health channel - with somebody that had gone through it. I totally agree...it sounds like the scariest, most awful experience ever. I'm pretty sure the patient would feel pain.
it depends on the anesthetic used be it general or local. i have had the privilege of having both. with a general anesthetic you are put to sleep and you do not feel or remember anything gas was best crazy colours and feeling then woke up in my room like nothing happened, can be gas or intravenously, but there are more risks involved with it. local anesthetics you are awake but the area being operated on is anesthetized, you do feel what is happening in my experience and it can be uncomfortable, i suppose like the dentist but if there is pain just ask for more anesthetic. Good luck, and nothing to worry about.
no. it would be a risk if the doctor puts you under he wants you that way. if you become awake during surgery (yes that happens) they will immediately put you back under. they do not want you awake to interfere with the surgery. it is too dangerous. you could move during a risky procedure, or talk when concentration is needed. there are some serious surgeries that they keep you awake but drugged so that you won't die. such as some brain surgeries the patient is awake so their brain will not shut down completly during the operation. it is only a movie not real.
they are awake and it traumatizes them and they have flashbacks when the mask stuff runs out and they have total body paralysis cant even speak or move i saw it on This Morning ages ago some one came on talking about it
It is possible in rare occasions. There is always a chance that patient will wake up during surgery - but anesthesiologist will usually see that and give additional dose of anesthetic agent. Some operations require muscle relaxant to be used - so patient is paralyzed - and in this case there is a chance that awareness will not be noticed.
Wikipedia article below describes all that in detail.
Possible, yes. It occurs, but it's rare. It is possible to be totally paralyzed and completely awake. The anesthesiologist would need to be "asleep at the wheel" or the patient would have to be extremely unusual for this to go undetected.
Awareness is a known possible complication from general anesthesia.
The most common times for it to occur are in cardiac surgery, C-sections under general anesthesia, or trauma surgery. Many times, there are reasons that limit what we can safely give to a patient.
In C-sections, we are limited by the baby, and in emergency sections, sometimes the surgeon is forced to move faster than our drugs can work. (The alternative is a dead baby, and we hate that.)
In trauma surgery, sometimes the patient's condition is so bad that they just cannot tolerate the anesthetic drugs. No blood pressure = dead patient.
Open heart surgery is its own thing, and is also a life or death situation. There are many factors that are called into play when patients are on cardiopulmonary bypass.
We have an excellent drug called midazolam (Versed) that prevents awareness in most people.
There are also situations that I've encountered where people have awareness because we never intended to put them to sleep. Sedation does not eliminate awareness, and some patients have a heard time understanding that (like old people having cataract surgery). They don't usually have pain, because the surgeon uses numbing medicine to take care of that, and they're never paralyzed.
Another more common situation is for people to be partially paralyzed (weak) at the end of surgery, and require mechanical ventilation until they are strong enough to breathe on their own. The surgery is over by that point, though.