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Answering The Top Most Asked Questions About Anesthesia 🤔 🥼 🩺 👨🏼‍⚕️

Danesthesia

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What really happens when you go under anesthesia? Will you wake up in the middle of surgery? Why do redheads sometimes need more? And is it true that anesthesia can affect your memory?

In this video, I answer the most common questions patients ask about anesthesia, covering safety, side effects, pain control, and even some surprising facts about how anesthesia works.

Whether you’re preparing for surgery, curious about the science, or just love medical deep-dives, this FAQ will give you clear, honest answers.

🔔 Chapters/Questions About:
00:00 – Introduction
00:19 – General Concerns
01:41 – Anesthesia Safety
04:16 – Pain & Recovery
05:28 – Practical Details
06:50 – Special Situations
08:16 – Long-Term Effects

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20 Comments

@snowlobster 1 year ago

When I was 14, I was hit by a car while riding my bicycle. My right femur was broken in a very bad place. I woke up after surgery in traction. The traction pin was not doing the job getting the bones apart so a new traction pin was to be placed in the bones a few inches below my knee. I woke up in the middle of surgery and saw a brace and bit handle buried in my orthopedic's stomach as he was drilling the new hole for the pin. This was about 1974. I sat up, grabbed his wrists screaming and I called him every dirty name I knew. I'm 66 now and that visual is still stuck in my head.

@pritamghosh5920 11 months ago

5:15 I was shivering like hell when I was taken out of the OT after my gallstone surgery. I was given a spinal anesthesia. The experience was strange and sometimes scary.

@maxtornogood 1 year ago

I'll admit I've gotten emotional after I went under for a dental operation. Good to know that's totally normal / expected!

@Malkashifra 2 days ago

When I had arthroscopic surgery for my knee, I had an awaking moment. I heard doctors and nurses talking around me. I opened my eyes for a split second but didn’t feel a thing. But I did moan for someone to hear me. And I heard a nurse scream saying I was up, yikes.

@arieowens9821 11 months ago

During one of my surgery’s for a port a cath removal I woke up during it the anesthesiologist put me back under quick, but I still remember waking up and feeling a little bit of pain and that was back when I was 16 years old and I’m 32 now

@michaelpayne5545 8 months ago

Just came across your channel. Thanks for this. I'm having strabismus (lazy eye / wandering eye) surgery in a couple months, and one of my worries is that I'll see and / or hear the instruments since they have to open my eyelid, but after seeing this, know that's unlikely. I will mention that to the surgeon and anesthesiologist when the time comes.

@betsytodd3511 11 months ago

As far as the chance of not waking up from anesthesia- I’ve read literally thousands of operative reports over the years for my job, and the number of times I’ve seen one where the patient never woke up is zero - so that’s one thing I wasn’t nervous about when I had general anesthesia for the first time.

@lindadove8298 8 months ago

Thanks for sharing! Please do one on scared patients or patients who have medical or neurology issues.

@MannyEspinola-z3w 1 year ago

Thank you for this video

@rogerlepage3866 11 months ago

Merci, excellentes vidéos et très utiles.

@TUUK2006 11 months ago

Anyone who believes in an afterlfie needs to watch this and think for themselves.

@acedem74 11 months ago

Can you do a video about ‘MAC’ (monitored anesthesia care)?

@GebreEgziabherweldeBrhan-t7y 8 months ago

Thank u

@Oaktriee 10 months ago

I woke up during a cardiac ablation when they zapped my heart. I was amused. The surgeon was not.

@mareelewis7639 1 year ago

Love it. Thank you. ❣

@charlesgurey1307 10 months ago

My wife had a left descending colon rupture and a 5 hour operation to repair it and install an Ostomy opening. She was 87 at the time. As a result of the anesthesia, she now suffers from severe short term memory loss. She can remember in detail, all life events prior to the operation but now she can't even remember how to change the TV or if she had a meal, or time and days of the week or months. We were told that it might possibly improve within 6 months to 1 year but it has now been over 3 years with no change. Are there any medications, medical procedures, or other things that could possibly help revive her memory?

@lindadove8298 8 months ago

What about people are scared to death of having anesthesia! Even though they have many surgeries due to ptsd are, most anesthesia doctors are respectful and understand if the patient has to go through a process, so they don't go into anxiety or ptsd?

@shihtzuluvrtwo6386 10 months ago

How safe is anesthesia for a HCM patient, diastolic failure grade II HfpEf plus emphysema?

@letachala6936 1 year ago

❤🎉

@karenhovey9609 1 year ago

I have a question. After I had my left rotator cuff surgery AND after my left hip replacement surgery, I had a similar reaction - my urine turned to red blood. Having to have my catheter flushed, the blood clots that came out (some as large as quarters) and the pain was excruciating. I have I.C., but was wondering if this could be a reaction from the anesthetic. I had to have 2 blood transfusions and low blood pressure problems, was in ICU twice during my 23-day stay after my hip surgery. Have you ever heard of this?