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Can you breathe on your own under general anesthesia and are your muscles all relaxed so you can't move at all orcan you move a bit like your finger?
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Sometimes: If you have not received a paralytic agent, you could be breathing on your own during general anesthesia. If paralysed, you might not be able to more anything.
Answered 10/19/2013
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It depends...: Depending on the surgical procedure, you may be spontaneously breathing while anesthetized or drugs may be administered to totally relax all your muscles including those of respiration and the anesthesiologist will attend to your breathing.
Answered 10/19/2013
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Paralytic : You can breath on your own with general anesthesia unless a paralytic is used. Some surgeries require paralysis of muscles and thus you would need ventilation by external source.
Answered 5/19/2016
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It depends on : The type of. Surgery and preferences of the anesthesiologist. Not all general anesthetics require paralysis, but either way it is your anesthesiplogist's job to make sure that you don't move during the procedure.
Answered 11/14/2013
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