Long term side effects of Anesthesia

[Barbie]

I've been trying to find information on the long term side effects of anesthesia.

I've been to wikipedia, which seems to have ALOT of information about anesthesia, I'm still unable to read any LONG term side effects.

A brief history/lesson about me, as if some of you didn't already know, I like to see the BAD BAD BAD in things, and will try to dig as deep as my interest tolerates, to find just that ONE story that will tell me what I already believe.

So, in this case, the long term side effects of anesthesia are worst case - besides what this says:

"Volatile agents
These are specially formulated gaseous vapors for the use of induction or maintenance of general anaesthesia. The ideal anesthetic vapor or gas should be non-flammable; non-explosive; non-lipid soluble; have no end organ (heart, liver, kidney) side effects; not be metabolized and be easy and comfortable to deliver to the patient..."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anesthetic

Ironically, the last sentance of this paragraph, online, was obviously edited by Muddy.

"Volatile agents are compared in terms of potency, which is inversely proportional to the MAC :"

Back to the question, does anyone know of the long term side effects of anesthsia? How so? I'd really like to hear some opininions, and if you can provide websites for me to visit, I'd like that too. :)

Thanks :)

Barbie

[Mudflap]

I'm pretty sure that most people who have been anesthetized eventually die. There's your long term effect.

[Barbie]

Are you talking about anesthetized or euthenized?

[Mae]

I knew my candy bar would kill me one day...

[SimpleSimon]

When I lost my hand at age 12, I was placed under gas anesthesia as the surgery was emergency surgery and there was no tiime for preparatory injections to take effect. I am fairly resistant to anesthetic agents, so the dosage was high. The initial surgery was 16.5 hours long, so I received a massive amount of anesthetic. Even so, I did briefly regain consciousness while on the table.

Two days later I went back into emergency surgery to remove my hand due to circulatory collapse in the reattached limb. Again, gas anesthesia.

The anesthetic had severe respiratory complications for me, and for over two years I had diminished lung capacity and chronic lung congestion. I coughed up what seemed like tons of red-brown goop. To this day I have aveolar enlargement, bronchial scarring, and a greater likelihood of contracting pneumonia (which I've had 5 times in the 38 years since then).

[Pianomahnn]

Are you talking about anesthetized or euthenized?

Read his reply again...and this time while reading it repeat to yourself, "not a serious post."

[Mae]

Good luck. I tried that already.

[jules]

I'm pretty sure that most people who have been anesthetized eventually die. There's your long term effect.
oh shit, I was anesthetized when I got my wisdom teeth out. there goes my chance at immortality.

[Barbie]

When I lost my hand at age 12,


Why did you lose your hand, originally?
*nosey*

[SimpleSimon]

Why did you lose your hand, originally?
*nosey*


It got twisted off in a washing machine on spin cycle. Maytag 1, me 0.

[jules]

Jeebus, I used to screw around with the washing machine on spin cycle when I was little. Try to make it stay open when it was on and so forth.

The thought of that makes me pretty damned ill.

[SimpleSimon]

Jeebus, I used to screw around with the washing machine on spin cycle when I was little. Try to make it stay open when it was on and so forth.

The thought of that makes me pretty damned ill.

50 lbs of wet clothing turning at 500 rpm represents a hell of a lot of torque. Power machinery doesn't make good toys, or even a good prop to grab when you trip over your own big feet.

[Barbie]

Oh my.