Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Does general anesthesia cause a person to be forgetful?

like after giving birth to a baby (normal childbirth NOT c-section)
Answer:
GA or General Anaesthesia is a state of unconsciuosness. So you remember nothing from surgery.
Theya lso use Morphine in the GA concotion to put you under and prevent pain. This itself can cause memory lose.

If you are under sedation, so just feeling lovely and carefree. It can feel as if you have gone to sleep, but you are not. The combination of these drugs, like Morphine and Medazalam will make you forget things during that time as well.

A GA will not cause memory lose after consciousness returns, but the drugs they give you for pain relief will.

Hope this helps.
About 5 years ago, they added a chemical to it so that if you wake up in the middle of an operation, you can have more, and you will not remember
Yes because genetal anaesthesia kills brain' Gray cells which will not be regenerated again.
The side effects of general anesthesia do cause forgetfulness but this would go away as the time passes by and probably after 2 weeks later one becomes totally normal. If it is not so then please contact the doctor.
First of all Im just wondering y general anesthesia for a normal birth?Or maybe there are other indications aside from that?
Anyway here are some of the effects of general anesthesia:

Minor side effects from general anesthesia and surgery are common. These include nausea, sore throat, headache, muscle aches, or a generalized "hang-over" type feeling. Fortunately these are most often not serious and resolve on their own in hours or a few days after surgery. Rarely these side effects are severe enough to require specific treatment or possibly further hospitalization.

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It's just a myth. My househelp is still single, haven't undergone any operation, but sooooooo forgetful than me. By the way, i gave birth on a caesarian section.
Depending upon which medicines you receive the day of surgery, you may have difficulty remembering events on that day, even after you appear to be awake and ready to go home.

Ordinarily the effects should dissipate after roughly 24 hours.

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