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Can general anesthesia cause you to fall when climbing steps ten hours later?

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General anesthesia : Some drugs effects can take hours to totally disappear like dizziness, headache and nausea. If it persists you should inform your nurses and anesthesiologist.

Dr Modi agreed

Answered 7/7/2019

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