[Eton TV] Anesthesia! Like magic that removes pain

When it comes to surgery, anesthesia is

something many people wonder about:

how it is performed

or whether it hurts.

Anesthesia can be broadly divided into

local anesthesia💉

depth sedation💉

general anesthesia💉.

In the past,

even simple eye surgeries or nose surgeries

were often done under local anesthesia.

Local anesthesia only numbs

the specific area,

so you have to get injections several times.

For double eyelid surgery,

you may need about ten stingsx10,

so it is no small ordeal. It can be painful.

However, these days,

depth sedation is often used

to reduce pain.

That said,

if you do not want it,

it is not done.

With depth sedation,

there is almost no pain other than

one injection in the arm.

You do not feel pain at all during surgery.

Then does depth sedation

mean you just keep sleeping?

No!

It starts with depth sedation,

and once the area is numb, you are awakened.

That is because they need to check

the size and shape of your eyes when open.

There is no need to keep you asleep for long,

and if it does not hurt, there is no need to keep you asleep.

Sometimes during surgery,

some people say they are afraid of waking up.

But once you actually go through it, it is not that scary.

Some even ask us to scratch their nose

because it itches😅

Some people have a hard time after depth sedation,

and there are two cases.

Either the anesthesia did not work well and it was difficult.

Or the anesthesia worked too well and it was difficult.

If the anesthesia does not work well,

and you wake up during surgery or feel pain,

that means too little anesthetic was administered.

If you feel unwell from the aftereffects of anesthesia,

that is because too much anesthetic was administered.

If too much anesthetic is given,

hangover-like symptoms can be severe.

It is like the day after drinking a lot of alcohol.

Local anesthesia basically has a set duration

once it is injected into the body.

The basic approach is to start numbing the area

and finish the surgery as quickly as possible

before the anesthesia wears off.

When using depth sedation,

it should be like, "I dozed off for a moment and woke up,

and after that it did not hurt."

Sometimes people who are very frightened

ask to be kept asleep the whole time,

but that is not a good idea.

Sedatives for depth sedation are like alcohol.

If you use too much, the hangover will be severe.

Most surgeries are completed within an hour,

so there is no need to make the anesthesia especially strong.

The dosage of anesthesia is basically calculated

based on body surface area.

If you are tall or weigh a lot,

the anesthesia may feel weaker.

Also, most anesthetics are metabolized by the liver.

People who drink a lot of alcohol

tend to have more active liver function,

so anesthetics tend to break down faster.

That is why

we check weight and height before surgery

and also ask about your usual alcohol intake

when deciding on the anesthetic dose.

If you have anesthesia often, you can build tolerance.

Just as your alcohol tolerance increases if you keep drinking,

the same applies to anesthesia.

If you have undergone depth sedation several times

within the past six months,

it may not work as well.

There is also a superstition that frequent depth sedation

makes your brain worse,

but

that is absolutely not true.

Having anesthesia once or twice a year

for health checkups will not make your brain worse.

Some people also say that having anesthesia during childbirth

made their memory worse.

In fact, childbirth itself is an extraordinary event.

Pain on a 10-point scale is the pain of childbirth,

and when you are feeling that level of pain,

brain cells die.

Giving birth, regardless of anesthesia,

is something that can cause memory to fade a bit more.

Most of the surgeries I perform

can be done with depth sedation.

However,

for major surgeries such as removing ribs

or shaving down the cheekbones,

or when multiple areas must be operated on at once,

general anesthesia is used.

Depth sedation means the patient does not remember,

but is sleeping while breathing on their own,

and general anesthesia means you do not breathe,

so a tube is inserted into the airway

and a machine supplies oxygen.

In fact, general anesthesia can be safer

than regular depth sedation.

Anything can be dangerous

if done improperly.

We do our best

to make sure anesthesia is administered safely.

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and we support your beauty👍