I was prescribed by the doctor to have 3 cavities extracted, but I heard that anesthetic poisoning can lead to death, is this true or false? (Hung, 35 years old, Ho Chi Minh City)
Reply:
According to medical literature, anesthetics are the safest and most effective pain-controlling drugs, often used daily by dentists to suppress pain when performing surgeries and procedures.
Similar to other drugs, anesthetics when used in dentistry can also have some unwanted effects. However, the rate of poisoning with this drug is very low and rare if the correct dosage and anesthesia technique are followed, except for some patients with special conditions such as children, the elderly, and people with medical conditions. about the liver and kidneys.
When poisoning with mild anesthetics, the first signs often appear on the nervous and cardiovascular systems, with symptoms such as headache, dizziness, irritability, irritability, confusion, and a metallic taste. type in the mouth, cold hands and feet, convulsions, fast heartbeat, difficulty breathing… Severe poisoning, symptoms can progress quickly and even cause cardiac arrest or respiratory failure, leading to death.
To prevent the above complications, doctors need to choose appropriate anesthetics, correct anesthetic techniques, use the correct dosage, and adjust the dosage to suit special conditions.
TS.BS Phan Huynh An
Department of Maxillofacial Surgery, Ho Chi Minh City University of Medicine and Pharmacy Hospital