Unmask the anesthesia.
In the medical field, anaesthesia is a crucial link that alleviates suffering for countless patients and enables many complex medical operations to proceed smoothly.
Anesthesia is much more than putting patients to sleep. Its main aim is to interrupt neurotransmission by means of medication or other means, to cause temporary loss of pain during surgery or other medical treatment, which may also affect other physiological functions such as consciousness, muscle laxity, etc. Full-body anesthesia causes the patient to become unconscious, as if he were in deep sleep and the whole body could not feel pain, which is usually applied to large-scale operations, such as cardiac surgery, cranial surgery, etc. Local anaesthesia is a specific part of the body, such as a local anaesthesia of the mouth at the time of tooth extraction, and the patient is conscious during the operation, but does not experience pain in the anesthesia area. There is also anaesthesia of the vertebrae, which is often used in the lower part of the body, such as an cervix, and anaesthesia is injected into a specific position within the vertebrae, blocking the transmission of the corresponding nerve and causing the lower part to lose pain.
The significance of pain and suffering in the medical process is no less important. Post-operative pain, if not effectively controlled, raises a number of serious problems. Strong pain irritation can lead to increased blood pressure, increased heart rate, increased heart burden and possibly even cardiovascular accidents. Long-term pain also affects the sleep quality of the patient, reduces the body ‘ s resilience and slows the healing of the wound. For some chronic pain patients, continued pain not only leads to physical torture, but also psychological problems such as anxiety, depression and other problems that seriously affect the quality of life.
Drugs are the most common in the choice of pain-control methods. Opioids, such as morphine, fentanyl and so on, have a powerful analgesic effect and can effectively relieve moderate and severe pain, but they have a number of side effects, such as the possibility of inhibition of breath, constipation, etc., and therefore need to be used with strict dose control and close monitoring of the life signs of patients. Inflammatory drugs such as aspirin, Broven, etc., apply to mild and moderate pain, and they have a relatively small side effect by inhibiting inflammation media in the body, but may not be applicable to some patients with gastrointestinal conditions.
In addition to medical pain, neurosis is an important tool. Depending on the part and source of the pain, the doctor injects the local anesthesia into the specific nerve surroundings, disrupting the transmission of the nerve impulses and thus achieving a precise sedation. This method is often used to treat a number of persistent pains, such as trident neuropsychiatric pains, and neurological pains with herpes. In addition, the use of self-control pain (PCA) techniques has become increasingly widespread. Patients can use their own pain to give themselves a certain dose of analgesics by applying the pressure control, and to meet the individualized pain demand within the safety set by the doctor, which can be effective in alleviating the pain while reducing the risk of overdose.
However, anaesthesia is not without risk. Anaesthesia can cause allergies and can cause allergies in serious cases; in the course of anaesthesia, the respiratory and circulatory function of the patient may be inhibited, requiring close monitoring and regulation by a professional anaesthesia physician throughout the process. In order to minimize the risk, an anesthesiologist conducts a thorough physical assessment of the patient prior to the operation, including his or her medical history, allergies, cardio-pulmonary function, etc., and develops a personalized anesthesia programme based on the results. During the operation, the anesthesiologists, with the help of advanced monitoring equipment, keep an eye on the vital signs of the patient, such as heart rate, blood pressure, respiratory frequency, blood oxygen saturation, etc., and adjust the depth of the anesthesia and the dose in a timely manner. After the operation, the patient is also closely observed until the effects of the narcotic drugs are completely reduced and vital signs stabilize.
The field of anaesthesia and pain is continuing to develop as medical technology advances. New narcotic drugs and painkilling technologies, such as ultrasound-led neurotic retardation, are emerging to better position nerves and improve the success rate and safety of neurotic retardation; and the introduction of the multi-model pain relief concept promotes the joint use of different types of painkillers and methods to achieve better pain relief while reducing the side effects of a single drug.
In short, anaesthesia is an integral part of modern medicine, which provides safe and effective pain management during surgery and treatment of diseases, allows patients to spend more comfortable periods of treatment and provides a solid foundation for the development and advancement of medical technology.
