Video: Mechanism of action of three types of anesthesia in surgery

If you have had surgery, you will probably remember when you count down from 10 9 8 and then wake up when the surgery is finished before you count to 5. It seems you have overslept, but it is not really.

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When you are anesthetized, you lose consciousness, cannot move.

You are anesthetized, this is more complicated than sleeping a lot. You lose consciousness, can't move, remember or don't feel pain. If it is impossible to stop all of these processes at the same time, many surgeries will be very painful.

Doctors often combine local anesthesia, inhalation anesthesia, anesthesia by intravenous injection to create a standard balance in surgery.