How can I make dental sedation feel less scary? Does closing your eyes help?
Q. i'm getting my wisdom teeth out today in a few hours. Last time I had dental surgery, I was so nervous that I kinda fought the sedation and the room ended up spinning before I blacked out. I don't want that to happen again! Could relaxing make falling asleep easier? My dad thinks that freaking out last time made it feel worse. Please help asap!
A. Yes trying to relax will make it alot better,,,try taking some deep breath and relax.....will be much better.
I know that sedation is scary but it makes the procedures much more tolerable.
I know that sedation is scary but it makes the procedures much more tolerable.
Am I going to die going under anesthesia for surgery?
Q. I am getting 5 impacted teeth removed (4 wisdom plus one more) then getting a bone graft on the 5th tooth to eventually put in an implant. I'm going under with anesthesia for the surgery and am really worried after hearing all the possible side effects. I am 17 years old and very thin. How do some people actually die from anesthesia? Is it really safe?
A. It is unlikely that you will die from the anesthesia. Most people who have problems waking up from anesthesia are elderly, in poor health, or obese.
From my own experience, I was given the medication, my eyes closed for a second then opened again. At least that is what it felt like. In reality, there was about an hour in between eyes closing and opening.
That was general anesthesia. Conscious sedation is a bit different, which is more likely what you will have. You are not really aware of your surroundings. It is like you are asleep. You may have memories when you wake up, but usually not. Drink lots of water or clear liquids for the next few hours to clear your system of the anesthesia.
From my own experience, I was given the medication, my eyes closed for a second then opened again. At least that is what it felt like. In reality, there was about an hour in between eyes closing and opening.
That was general anesthesia. Conscious sedation is a bit different, which is more likely what you will have. You are not really aware of your surroundings. It is like you are asleep. You may have memories when you wake up, but usually not. Drink lots of water or clear liquids for the next few hours to clear your system of the anesthesia.
2yr sedation vs anesthesia- filling vs filling and root canal?
Q. I have a 2 yr old with mulitiple food allergies including highly allergic to milk. One dentist says he needs 2 crowns and 2 root canals and wants to do it in a hospital under anesthesia and take the x-rays when he is asleep. I have talk with another that will sedate him and they don't do x-rays on a 2 yr old and will try if I want them to do an x-ray. I am so confused neither has done x-rays and I have heard horror stories on both ends of the arguement of sedation or aneshesia. I have friends that think i am crazy to put him through all this. I am wondering if there is a pediatric dentist in richmond, Va area that will take x-rays on such a young child and not use any sedation or what I should do?? Any suggestions will be helpful. Thank you.
The reason for mentioning the milk allergy is i was told lack of calcium for the ememal to form and my breastfeeding is what I have been told contibuted to his carvites. He also has asthma which is also a worry for me.
The reason for mentioning the milk allergy is i was told lack of calcium for the ememal to form and my breastfeeding is what I have been told contibuted to his carvites. He also has asthma which is also a worry for me.
A. I've seen cases where babies are put under anesthesia for simple 30 minute eye surgeries. Doctors put babies and toddlers under all the time without complications. There is also twilight sedation in which the child is not completely knocked out but still asleep.
That's a lot to do on a 2 yr. old, I think the x-ray is the least of your worries. Do research on the Dentist, and his work with anesthesia. I would recommend a dentist that uses a separate anesthesiologist for cases. That way he can focus strictly on the procedure and not the BP or medication levels, etc., less chance for complications.
That's a lot to do on a 2 yr. old, I think the x-ray is the least of your worries. Do research on the Dentist, and his work with anesthesia. I would recommend a dentist that uses a separate anesthesiologist for cases. That way he can focus strictly on the procedure and not the BP or medication levels, etc., less chance for complications.
when you get in a gown for a tonsillectomy are you completly naked?
Q. having a tonsillectomy in 2 days. kinda nervous. never had surgery.
A. no you are not totally naked. you can leave your underwear on and you can leave your socks on.
its really not a big deal. they don't see anything. they do put heart monitor sticky patches on but they just reach down the gown. you are never exposed.
and you'll have plenty of blankets covering you.
i've had 9 surgeries (8 under general anesthesia and 1 under IV sedation). my most recent surgery was 5 weeks ago and it was to have my tonsils out due to tonsil stones.
i pretty much know the drill so i'll try to give you a run down of what will happen from the time you get there to the time you leave. (which with a tonsillectomy is usually only a few hours that you are there.)
first you'll probably be told not to eat or drink anything effective at midnight the night before surgery.
you'll go to the hospital and go to the admission desk. they'll put some info into the computer and put a wrist band on.
then you go up to what ever floor they tell you to and the nurse will put you in a room, ask you a bunch of questions, take your blood pressure and temp, and maybe ask for a urine sample. then they'll give you a gown and tell you to hang out on the bed until they come get you. you'll then be wheeled on a cart down to the preoperative area. depending on your age they may ask your parents to go to the waiting room or they may let them come to the preoperative area with you.
down in pre-op they will ask you a bunch of the same questions that you were already asked just so they can be sure everything was written correctly. they'll take your BP again (they will put a cuff on that does it automatically every few minutes and this will stay on for the entire surgery and while you are in the recovery room), take your temp again, and also put a pulse ox monitor on your finger. it just measures how much oxygen you have in your body so they can regulate it(this will also stay on during surgery and in the recovery room) it doesn't hurt or anything. and they'll start an IV in the back of your hand or in the bend of your arm. the dr doing the surgery will usually appear to ask if you have any last minute questions and run through exactly what he is doing again. then if you are extremely nervous they may give you something in the IV to calm you down. it will most likely give you a burning sensation in your arm for a minute but it goes away quickly. it may make you feel tired, looopy, or just chilled out depending on what drug they used.
then they will wheel you into the operating room and help you scoot over onto the operating table. they'll then put an oxygen mask on your face and heart monitor patches on your chest. then they will either give you the anesthesia through the mask or through the IV. if its through the mask you will just breath it in. it smells like nail polish remover. you may feel like you can't breath cuz the smell is sooo strong but with in a minute you are out like a light. if its given through the IV you will have a burning sensation in your arm for a frew seconds and then you may start to feel dizzy or sick but before you can even tell someone you don't feel good you are out like a light.
when you wake up you may feel like you just closed your eyes and then opened them again. you may not even realize for a second that the surgery even started let alone it being done already.
you'll almost certainly feel really tired. you may also experience uncontrolable shaking, being emotional and crying cuz you don't know whats going on, feeling dizzy and possibly fainting, and/or feeling sick and possibly throwing up. these are all common side effects after anesthesia.
you will start out in the recovery room where there are nurses and other patients coming out of anesthesia. they will monitor you and bug you every few minutes to make sure you are alright. they don't really expect you to full wake up in this room. once you are stable you will be wheeled back up to the room you started in when you got there and that is where your parents can see you again. at this point a nurse will come in and really start to try to get you to wake up. they'll try to get you to drink something like apple juice or 7up. they also try to get you to go use the bathroom.
they usually try to get you up and out as quickly as they can so they can make more room for other patients.
if you don't feel like you can get up and go then don't let them rush you. its best to go at your own pace this will lessen the chance of you getting extremely sick or dizzy.
one little thing that i always try to let people know is if you get the least bit chilly ask for a blanket. they have a "warming oven" so when they give you a blanket it is nice and warm. if you are still cold ask for another one and another until you feel comfortable cuz when you get cold you get more shaky and in my opinion then get more nervious.
oh and if you are prone to cold feet wear a pair of regular socks and then also a pair of those soft fuzzy socks and it will keep your feet toasty.
hope all goes well and i'll be thinking of you :)
its really not a big deal. they don't see anything. they do put heart monitor sticky patches on but they just reach down the gown. you are never exposed.
and you'll have plenty of blankets covering you.
i've had 9 surgeries (8 under general anesthesia and 1 under IV sedation). my most recent surgery was 5 weeks ago and it was to have my tonsils out due to tonsil stones.
i pretty much know the drill so i'll try to give you a run down of what will happen from the time you get there to the time you leave. (which with a tonsillectomy is usually only a few hours that you are there.)
first you'll probably be told not to eat or drink anything effective at midnight the night before surgery.
you'll go to the hospital and go to the admission desk. they'll put some info into the computer and put a wrist band on.
then you go up to what ever floor they tell you to and the nurse will put you in a room, ask you a bunch of questions, take your blood pressure and temp, and maybe ask for a urine sample. then they'll give you a gown and tell you to hang out on the bed until they come get you. you'll then be wheeled on a cart down to the preoperative area. depending on your age they may ask your parents to go to the waiting room or they may let them come to the preoperative area with you.
down in pre-op they will ask you a bunch of the same questions that you were already asked just so they can be sure everything was written correctly. they'll take your BP again (they will put a cuff on that does it automatically every few minutes and this will stay on for the entire surgery and while you are in the recovery room), take your temp again, and also put a pulse ox monitor on your finger. it just measures how much oxygen you have in your body so they can regulate it(this will also stay on during surgery and in the recovery room) it doesn't hurt or anything. and they'll start an IV in the back of your hand or in the bend of your arm. the dr doing the surgery will usually appear to ask if you have any last minute questions and run through exactly what he is doing again. then if you are extremely nervous they may give you something in the IV to calm you down. it will most likely give you a burning sensation in your arm for a minute but it goes away quickly. it may make you feel tired, looopy, or just chilled out depending on what drug they used.
then they will wheel you into the operating room and help you scoot over onto the operating table. they'll then put an oxygen mask on your face and heart monitor patches on your chest. then they will either give you the anesthesia through the mask or through the IV. if its through the mask you will just breath it in. it smells like nail polish remover. you may feel like you can't breath cuz the smell is sooo strong but with in a minute you are out like a light. if its given through the IV you will have a burning sensation in your arm for a frew seconds and then you may start to feel dizzy or sick but before you can even tell someone you don't feel good you are out like a light.
when you wake up you may feel like you just closed your eyes and then opened them again. you may not even realize for a second that the surgery even started let alone it being done already.
you'll almost certainly feel really tired. you may also experience uncontrolable shaking, being emotional and crying cuz you don't know whats going on, feeling dizzy and possibly fainting, and/or feeling sick and possibly throwing up. these are all common side effects after anesthesia.
you will start out in the recovery room where there are nurses and other patients coming out of anesthesia. they will monitor you and bug you every few minutes to make sure you are alright. they don't really expect you to full wake up in this room. once you are stable you will be wheeled back up to the room you started in when you got there and that is where your parents can see you again. at this point a nurse will come in and really start to try to get you to wake up. they'll try to get you to drink something like apple juice or 7up. they also try to get you to go use the bathroom.
they usually try to get you up and out as quickly as they can so they can make more room for other patients.
if you don't feel like you can get up and go then don't let them rush you. its best to go at your own pace this will lessen the chance of you getting extremely sick or dizzy.
one little thing that i always try to let people know is if you get the least bit chilly ask for a blanket. they have a "warming oven" so when they give you a blanket it is nice and warm. if you are still cold ask for another one and another until you feel comfortable cuz when you get cold you get more shaky and in my opinion then get more nervious.
oh and if you are prone to cold feet wear a pair of regular socks and then also a pair of those soft fuzzy socks and it will keep your feet toasty.
hope all goes well and i'll be thinking of you :)
Powered by Yahoo! Answers
Title Post: How can I make dental sedation feel less scary? Does closing your eyes help?
Rating: 98% based on 3217 ratings. 4,8 user reviews.
Author: Unknown
Thanks For Coming To My Blog
Rating: 98% based on 3217 ratings. 4,8 user reviews.
Author: Unknown
Thanks For Coming To My Blog
0 comments:
Post a Comment