If anesthetics have no effect on children's intelligence, why do some children become stupid after using anesthetics? In fact, this situation can be called anesthesia accident.
Human brain cells are cell structures that cannot be deprived of oxygen. As long as the hypoxia lasts for more than 5 to 8 minutes, some brain cells will die irreversibly. If the child suffocates due to vomiting, massive bleeding or other conditions during anesthesia and surgery, and there is no normal gas exchange, brain hypoxia is inevitable. At this time, if the rescue work is not carried out in time, brain cells will die in a large area, which will seriously affect children's intelligence and may even have worse consequences. These accidents may occur in all anesthesia operations, and it is not just the use of anesthetics that will cause these consequences.
Children are at higher risk of anesthesia than adults.
Because children's body organs are still developing, they are not as well developed as adults. In contrast, children's compensatory function is weaker than that of adults, and they are more likely to have accidents during surgery or anesthesia. Therefore, if the children are younger and older, they can control themselves well to cooperate with the operation. In this case, you can consider not using anesthetic as appropriate. However, due to the poor tolerance of most younger children, it is generally necessary to use anesthesia surgery to complete it smoothly. In this case, parents should not blindly refuse anesthetics. Of course, the proportion of anesthetics and the operation process must be completed and observed by experienced and responsible doctors, so as to minimize the probability of accidents.
Anesthesia will not affect children's intelligence
The use of narcotic drugs in surgery has two important functions, one is to make people in a quiet state, which is convenient for the smooth operation, and the other is to help patients alleviate the pain in surgery. The system of anesthetic action is human nerve. As time goes on, the efficacy of anesthetics will gradually disappear and the nervous system can work normally. Imagine that if you don't use anesthetic when operating on your child, your child's fear and pain will inevitably affect the progress and effect of the operation.
Local anesthesia, central analgesia and inhalation anesthesia are the three most commonly used anesthesia methods for children. The latter two methods can relieve pain as long as they reach a certain concentration in the human body, which belongs to transient anesthesia. After use, the anesthetic effect will gradually disappear with the metabolism of the drug, and the patient will wake up after complete metabolism. So in fact, the effect of narcotic drugs on children's nerves is only temporary. After metabolism, the nervous system can immediately return to its previous state. The argument that anesthetics will affect children's intelligence is untenable.
If the child needs anesthesia surgery, parents should truthfully explain the child's medical history and truthfully answer various questions about the child's body asked by the doctor so that the doctor can evaluate the safety. With the evaluation, the proportion of anesthetics will be more reasonable and unexpected.