Anesthesia affects intelligence or not, parents, are you still confused?

Little Kun Kun successfully completed the operation, back to the ward, the family finally relieved, began to discuss how to do post-operative exercise for little Kun, do not leave any sequelae. In everyone is still in the heat of the discussion, has been guarding the bedside to small Kun wipe sweat grandmother but began to get anxious, grandson back two hours, a word did not say, shouting him barely open to see everyone a glance, small Kun is not after anesthesia become stupid ah? The doctor came to see Xiaokun said: “This is a normal reaction to anesthesia, Xiaokun body of anesthesia has not been completely metabolized, the residual effect of anesthesia will make him drowsy, and so on over a few hours, the role of anesthesia disappeared, Xiaokun will be able to return to normal.” [Expert solution] Will anesthesia affect the intelligence of children? First of all, it is necessary to analyze whether anesthesia will have a lack of oxygen in the brain, slightly older children can cooperate with anesthesiologists to carry out partial anesthesia. This kind of anesthesia is awake during the whole process. Therefore, there is no effect on intelligence. In addition, there is general anesthesia. During the operation, the anesthesiologist will continue to administer additional anesthetics to the patient as needed. When the surgery is over, the anesthesia is discontinued. General anesthesia works by blocking the transmission of pain to the brain and temporarily suppressing the child’s consciousness. During surgery, the anesthesia machine can display various vital indicators and closely monitor the blood supply to the brain, heart, kidneys and other important organs without affecting the respiratory and circulatory functions and without causing cerebral hypoxia. In addition, anesthesia is a reversible process. With the discontinuation of anesthesia drugs, the anesthesia drugs will gradually metabolize and disappear, and the pediatrician will gradually wake up and return to normal, as if waking up from a sleep. Therefore, unless there is an anesthetic accident, general anesthesia will not have adverse effects on the child’s intellectual development. After receiving anesthesia children, memory is normal, academic performance did not decline, so the parents of anesthesia concerns are unnecessary.