General Anaesthetic

Hey peeps,

Today i had to have general anaesthetic, and when they injected it into me, i felt all sickly like i had pins and needles in my neck. Before i could actually say anything though i had gone asleep. I am wondering if that is usual or is it a side effect i should mention to the doctor next time i see him? I't wasn't painful, it jsut felt really uncomfortable like my muscles were tightening. It could of been a muscle relaxent, but it has neevr happened before and i have had a general about 4 times. Any thoughts?

Reply 1

dave

LPK

Hey peeps,

Today i had to have general anaesthetic, and when they injected it into me, i felt all sickly like i had pins and needles in my neck. Before i could actually say anything though i had gone asleep. I am wondering if that is usual or is it a side effect i should mention to the doctor next time i see him? I't wasn't painful, it jsut felt really uncomfortable like my muscles were tightening. It could of been a muscle relaxent, but it has neevr happened before and i have had a general about 4 times. Any thoughts?

I've had the same reaction too - more than once - so unless you and I are weirdos, I'd say it's normal.

It also affects your typing :p:

Reply 2

LPK

OP

20

bodhisattva

I've had the same reaction too - more than once - so unless you and I are weirdos, I'd say it's normal.

It also affects your typing :p:

erm... well i guess there could be many answers to that :p:

my typing is normal. Still as bad as ever :biggrin:

Reply 3

blissy

15

Yeah I had that. But he told me "I'm doing the first injection now which will makes you feel heavy and tingly" and then he injected the stuff that actually puts you to sleep.

Reply 4

Blurry

It usually happens so quick i've never had much time to think about it. The worst is the needle in the hand. But i always had the numbing cream as i hate needles :p:

Reply 5

LPK

OP

20

Blurry

It usually happens so quick i've never had much time to think about it. The worst is the needle in the hand. But i always had the numbing cream as i hate needles :p:

I hate the needle :frown:

The people in there put the needle were the cream was applied the least, so i felt the sting :mad:

and they left it in when i went back on the ward :frown:

Reply 6

Blurry

I've never had the needle taken straight out. I remember i had it in about 5 hours after - it's nothing having it taken out from what i recall. Did you apply the cream or did they and how much before the procedure?

Reply 7

LPK

OP

20

Blurry

I've never had the needle taken straight out. I remember i had it in about 5 hours after - it's nothing having it taken out from what i recall. Did you apply the cream or did they and how much before the procedure?

They applied it about 35-40 minutes before i went to theatre.

Reply 8

emilyemily

That sounds normal... at least that's how it felt to me aswell.
I had the numbing cream and I couldn't feel the needle at all.

Reply 9

dave

Oh bring back the good old days when about an hour or so before showtime in the theatre, the senior ward nurse would come along to give you a pre-med with a needle of the same bore as a north sea oil pipeline, and mutter those immortal words........."just a little prick".

Ok - enough of getting personal - what I want to know is "will the injection hurt?"

Reply 10

clouddweller

when i had one i had this injection first that made my arm go really cold and then i got sleepy, and then apparently they did put a mask on me, but i was too out of it by then to notice.....

Reply 11

Leisure17

8

blissy

Yeah I had that. But he told me "I'm doing the first injection now which will makes you feel heavy and tingly" and then he injected the stuff that actually puts you to sleep.

In a gen. anaesthetic you first get a small dose of a muscle relaxant, not enough to paralyse you completely. You could notice "becoming heavy" though.
Then you usually get some pain medication (a morphine derivate) and after that the stuff that makes you sleep (hypnotizing medication). Once you are asleep, the doc will give you a dose of succinylcholine which will relax your muscles completely. Then he can intubate and ventilate.
If he gave you the succi before you slept, you would be awake but unable to breathe or move (that's what the poisoned arrows of the south american indians do; curare), which would be terrible. The succinylcholin gives you muscle spasm for a short time and you can suffer from musclepains afterwards. They give you the "little drop of relaxant" in the beginning (it is something else than succi) so that the cramps are not so heavy and you don't suffer musclepains later on. It's called precurarisation (don't know if that is the exact word in English but that's what it is.)
Anyway I guess that is what made you tingly.

General Anaesthetic

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