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Can you please tell me about the adverse psychological side effects of anesthesia?
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Extreme ages: Extreme ages are associated with cognitive and neurobehavioral changes. New data in kids less than 3 y/o with long term effects appear in pediatric ( the journal in 2012) back up by interesting animal models in prior years. In patients more than 75 can create short term memory, confusion and possibly long term neurobehavioral changes. Worse in patients with some degree of dementia.
Answered 5/18/2014
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Different : Medications can have different impact on patients in the short term, from euphoria to dysphoria. There are few, if any, long term consequences.
Answered 6/22/2014
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Usually none: There are rarely psychological effects from anesthesia. Some people do have a phobia of needles, or losing control, but usually this is not a problem. The drugs themselves do not cause psychological effects. Some concerns do exist, in the extremes of age, of effects on the brain, but these are not clear at this time.
Answered 6/19/2015
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