Question 1

what will happen if i have sedation?

Accepted Answer

Calm and relax: Sedation is the use of medications to calm and relax a patient prior to and during a dental procedure. Sedation may be obtained by three routes. Receiving mediation through inhalation (in the form of gas). Oral sedation are medications that are swallowed. The IV route involves sedative drug given intravenously.

Question 2

is flexible sigmascope painful without sedation?

Accepted Answer

Lasts 3-5 minutes: Sigmoidoscopy involves insertion of a flexible tube into your rectum, advanced anywhere from 35 to 70 cm.  Air is used to inflate the colon during this process.  If awake, you may feel distension from the air & pressure of scope passage.  Everyone's threshold for discomfort varies so some don't feel sigmoidoscopy as uncomfortable at all while others register much discomfort from the same stimuli.

Question 3

please tell me what does being sedated feel like?

Accepted Answer

It depends : With light sedation, you feel that you just don't care about what happens to you (like being drunk). With deeper sedation you are might only feel/remember the more painful times of the procedure, or you might not remember anything.

Question 4

for what reasons shouldn't you eat before sedation?

Accepted Answer

Sedation: To avoid vomiting & aspiration, which rarely happens from sedatives.

Question 5

why would someone suddenly start coughing under heavy sedation?

Accepted Answer

Aspiration: The stimulation of your upper airways is a very strong stimulant. With sedation, your ability to manage the liquid in your mouth like saliva is compromised and can fall into your trachea. This can provoke a very strong coughing reaction.

Question 6

what could cause someone to start coughing under heavy sedation?

Accepted Answer

Aspiration: Under heavy sedation, the ability to handle one's saliva is compromised. One of the most powerful reflexes is when a foreign body, such as saliva, enters your airway. This is but one possibility.

Question 7

do people coming out of sedation tell the truth when questioned?

Accepted Answer

Yes and no: Any sedative, hypnotic, psychoactive substance can act as truth serum. Used by the military in many countries over the years (pakistan, india, germany, russia and even usa) most notable thiopental, ketamine and amobarbital they create an euphoric state by altering the inhibitory processes in the brain full of life threatening side effects, they can unleash both the truth and the lies equally.

Question 8

if circumsized as teenagers or adults, do they sedate you during the procedure?

Accepted Answer

Yes: It is considered general surgery outside of early infancy.

Question 9

what is iv sedation?

Accepted Answer

IV Meds: Iv sedation is \medication administered through an IV that either relaxes a patient a great deal, or knocks them out completely.  Because of the risk of supressing the breathing reflex, IV sedation usually is only done with a specific doctor watching the patient...In addition to the doctor performing the procedure for which the sedation is required.

Question 10

what do sedative pills do?

Accepted Answer

A lot: they calm you down; they can put you to sleep; do not take a lot of them, because  you can stop breathing, can have seizures and many other unpleasant consequences. Take only what your doctor prescribed. Your doctor will explain how to use the pills. Good luck

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