General anesthesia is dangerous for people with cerebral infarction.
Cerebrovascular stenosis or occlusion caused by cerebrovascular atherosclerosis is one of the common causes of cerebral infarction, and the analgesic and sedative drugs used in general anesthesia have the side effect of causing a drop in blood pressure.
If low blood pressure occurs during the operation and the patient is combined with cerebral vascular stenosis, low perfusion of brain tissue may occur, thus inducing cerebral infarction, and in serious cases, it may be life-threatening, so general anesthesia is somewhat dangerous for patients with cerebral infarction.
If a patient with cerebral infarction needs general anesthesia, the doctor should complete the relevant examinations and decide whether to have general anesthesia or not after evaluation by a specialist to avoid adverse consequences.