World Anesthesia Day 2023: Why does giving anesthesia cause no pain during surgery? Know how long intoxication lasts
World Anesthesia Day 2023
World Anesthesia Day is celebrated every year on 16 October. If understood in medical language, it is used during surgery and operation. World Anesthesia Day 2023: 'World Anesthesia Day' is celebrated every year on 16 October. If understood in medical language, it is used during surgery and operation. Anesthesia Day is celebrated every year so that people around the world are made more aware of its importance. Therefore today it is celebrated as a celebration. The discovery of anesthesia is a big thing in itself because it is the special thing through which patients can undergo even the biggest surgeries without any pain. Anesthesia is a medical process of rendering the patient unconscious during minor or major surgery.
History
World Anesthesia Day marks the birth of anesthesia. Anesthesia was first used on october 16, 1846. The first successful demonstration of ether anesthesia was by William Thomas Green Morton (1819–1868) at the Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, MA, USA.
Importance
According to the 'World Federation of Societies of Anaesthesiologists, approximately 5 billion people lack access to safe anesthesia practices. World Anesthesia Day serves as a powerful advocacy tool that seeks to educate people, medical professionals, and society about the importance of anesthesia and the vital roles anesthesiologists play in patient well-being.
Theme
The theme of World Anesthesia Day 2023 is 'Anesthesia and cancer Care'. This theme seeks to raise awareness about the important role of anesthesia in cancer treatment. It also seeks to strengthen anesthesia services to enhance cancer treatment.
What is anesthesia?
Anesthesia is given to patients before surgery or any other painful procedure. It helps in safe treatment without any pain by making the patients unconscious. There are three types of anesthesia, local, general, and general anesthesia. The medicines given take away the sensation. After anesthesia, the patient may experience dry mouth, sore throat, sleepiness, muscle pain, confusion, and tremors for a short period.
This is why there is no pain after anesthesia
Anesthesia is a process of rendering unconscious. There is a state of sleep in this. After giving anesthesia the patient starts sleeping. Due to this, the operation remains stress-free. And they don't even know. The overall point is that anesthesia reduces the patient's suffering. Therefore it is considered a miracle in medical science. In this, the surgical site is made numb. Due to this the chemicals produced in the brain get mixed with neurotransmitters. Due to this, the body loses contact with the brain and other organs. While giving anesthesia, the period of the surgery is kept in mind. That means how long will the surgery last. So we can say that its effect lasts for 5-7 hours. The most important thing is which anesthesia has been used during the surgery. Based on this, it would be correct to say how long its intoxication lasts.
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