Types of anesthesia


Many surgical operations used to be accompanied by excruciating painful sensations in patients. And modern medicine makes it possible to completely eliminate such discomfort thanks to anesthesia.
Anesthesia is a temporary condition of reduction or complete loss of sensitivity of the entire body or part of it.
Various classifications of anesthesia can be found in the medical literature, however, the classical and most comprehensive approach separates local and general anesthesia, while distinguishing their own varieties in each.
Local anesthesia is currently the most common type. The fact is that its field of application covers almost all areas of medicine.
The idea is to numb a certain area of the body for a while. There are various methods of conducting such anesthesia. Let's look at each of them.
1. Application or surface anesthesia: after applying the anesthetic directly to the skin or mucous membrane, the nerve receptors in this area are dysfunctional, that is, sensitivity is lost during the penetration of the drug into the deep layers of the skin.
2. Infiltration anesthesia: An anesthetic is injected into the skin tissue, as a rule, the drug begins to act within a few minutes, after which nerve impulses are blocked.
3. Conduction anesthesia: The anesthetic is injected into the tissues around the nerve trunk, thus completely blocking the nerve responsible for the sensitivity of a particular part of the body.
4. Spinal anesthesia: a local anesthetic is injected into the space between the spinal cord and the meninges, resulting in numbness of the tissues and organs located below the lower back.
5. Epidural anesthesia: The anesthetic drug is injected into the epidural space located along the spine, thereby causing a complete loss of sensitivity of the nerve fibers of the spinal cord.
General anesthesia is a type of anesthesia in which, in addition to general loss of sensitivity, the patient's consciousness is turned off. That is, with the help of an anesthetic, the central nervous system is affected, as a result of which nerve impulses are blocked and a person falls into a drug-induced sleep.
There are also several types of anesthesia, depending on the method of administration of the drug.
1. Inhalation anesthesia: The anesthetic is administered through the respiratory tract.
2. Non-inhalation anesthesia: The anesthetic is administered intravenously or intramuscularly.
Modern practice shows the effectiveness of using combined anesthesia – a combination of several methods of one type of anesthesia, as well as combined anesthesia – a combination of local and general anesthesia. It is not a complete guide if you do not understand how to use 1XBET bonus. The good news is that the process is straightforward, provided you have registered with our latest 1xBet promo code today activates a 130% bonus of up to €130 ($145) on the first deposit. It is a 30% extra compared to the standard 100% bonus of up to €100. 1XBET offers a mobile platform like most modern websites. But it goes a notch higher to offer a dedicated 1XBET app for iOS and Android users. The app is downloadable through the 1XBET apk files at the bottom of the page.

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