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A few comments in this thread mention "genera anaesthesia side effects" and long-term problems. I have never heard of this and a quick wikipedia/google search i

by vvpan 11y ago

A few comments in this thread mention "genera anaesthesia side effects" and long-term problems. I have never heard of this and a quick wikipedia/google search is not bringing up good source on the topic. Is this substantiated or another "vaccines cause autism" kind of thing?

VieElm 11y ago
There was recent news on the detrimental effects of general anesthesia has on the very young and old. Apparently it can be neurotoxic but healthy adults don't seem to have long lasting problems.
- __z 11y ago
  A family friend of mine went under general anesthesia and woke up senile. He was in his late-70s, early-80s at the time. Lives in a nursing home now. Once in a while can have some moments of somewhat clarity but they only last for a minute or two.
jsprogrammer 11y ago
It seems possible, due to what is used for general anesthesia. However, the person in the story was not given general anesthesia, only a local anesthetic.
imaginenore 11y ago
General anaesthesia is actually somewhat dangerous. Your chance of dying from anaesthesia is around 1 in 100,000 - 185,000. While it may seem like a safe number, it's orders of magnitude higher than winning a major lottery. That number also doesn't include medical fuckups during anaesthesia, like overdose, airway obstruction. In that case the number shoots up to 1:2500 - 1:5000. http://bja.oxfordjournals.org/content/95/1/95.long http://bja.oxfordjournals.org/content/95/1/95.long 1.5 people in 1000 wake up, so the pain shock alone can kill you. Dental anaesthesia is known to kill, around 2 children per year. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/13/dental-sedation-child-deaths_n_1671604.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/13/dental-sedation-chi...
- jwdunne 11y ago
  When having staples inserted (and also removed a year later) into the growth plates in my knees, I was given the option of having my legs numbed too for pain relief. I'm glad I took that option now - unless it was post-op only. From the second op, I had a huge black bruise on my thigh in the shape of a hand print. I couldn't imagine the pain if I'd have woken during the cause of that.

by vvpan 11y ago

VieElm 11y ago

There was recent news on the detrimental effects of general anesthesia has on the very young and old. Apparently it can be neurotoxic but healthy adults don't seem to have long lasting problems.

__z 11y ago
A family friend of mine went under general anesthesia and woke up senile. He was in his late-70s, early-80s at the time. Lives in a nursing home now. Once in a while can have some moments of somewhat clarity but they only last for a minute or two.

jsprogrammer 11y ago

It seems possible, due to what is used for general anesthesia. However, the person in the story was not given general anesthesia, only a local anesthetic.

imaginenore 11y ago

General anaesthesia is actually somewhat dangerous. Your chance of dying from anaesthesia is around 1 in 100,000 - 185,000. While it may seem like a safe number, it's orders of magnitude higher than winning a major lottery. That number also doesn't include medical fuckups during anaesthesia, like overdose, airway obstruction. In that case the number shoots up to 1:2500 - 1:5000. http://bja.oxfordjournals.org/content/95/1/95.long http://bja.oxfordjournals.org/content/95/1/95.long 1.5 people in 1000 wake up, so the pain shock alone can kill you. Dental anaesthesia is known to kill, around 2 children per year. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/13/dental-sedation-child-deaths_n_1671604.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/07/13/dental-sedation-chi...

jwdunne 11y ago
When having staples inserted (and also removed a year later) into the growth plates in my knees, I was given the option of having my legs numbed too for pain relief. I'm glad I took that option now - unless it was post-op only. From the second op, I had a huge black bruise on my thigh in the shape of a hand print. I couldn't imagine the pain if I'd have woken during the cause of that.