General anesthesia woke up unconscious crying, mostly considered may be due to anesthesia drugs have not been fully metabolized, resulting in the patient is not yet fully awake, the behavior of unconscious crying. If the symptoms do not improve after 24 hours, it may be postoperative delirium, which requires timely treatment. General anesthesia woke up unconscious crying is mostly because the anesthetic drugs have not been all out of the body, resulting in the body still have anesthetic drug residues. Anesthesia drugs have the effect of anesthesia cerebral nerves, then the patient’s normal consciousness may not have recovered, there will be unconscious crying behavior. Generally speaking, after all the anesthetic drugs are metabolized and excreted from the body, the symptoms will gradually disappear. If the behavior of unconscious crying still occurs after 24 hours, it may be postoperative delirium. In this case, after awakening from general anesthesia, the patient will have a reduced level of consciousness, attention deficit and other manifestations. It is commonly seen in elderly patients undergoing major surgery, which requires active treatment. It is recommended that family members pay more attention to the patient’s behavior, and should consult a professional doctor in time when unconscious crying occurs after waking up from general anesthesia, so as to avoid the occurrence of adverse situations.