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Sigma KEE - LocalAnesthetizing
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LocalAnesthetizing
Regional and local anesthesia, which blocks transmission of Nerve impulses from a specific part of the body. Depending on the situation, this may be used either on its own (in which case the individual remains fully conscious), or in combination with general anesthesia or sedation. Local anesthesia is simple infiltration by the clinician directly onto the region of interest (e.g. numbing a Tooth for dental work). Peripheral nerve blocks use drugs targeted at peripheral nerves to anesthetize an isolated part of the body, such as an entire Limb. Neuraxial blockade , mainly epidural and spinal anesthesia, can be performed in the region of the central nervous system itself, suppressing all incoming sensation from nerves supplying the area of the block. [from Wikipedia]
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Parents Anesthetizing Being under Anesthesia is a state of controlled, temporary loss of sensation or awareness that is induced for medical or veterinary purposes. It may include some or all of analgesia (relief from or prevention of pain), Paralysis (muscle relaxation), amnesia (loss of memory), and Unconsciousness. Anesthesia enables the painless performance of procedures that would otherwise require physical restraint in a non-anesthetized individual, or would otherwise be technically unfeasible. Three broad categories of anesthesia exist: GeneralAnesthetizing, Sedation and LocalAnesthetizing. [from Wikipedia]


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