What Causes Pins And Needle Sensation After General Anaesthesia?

Posted on Thu, 11 Jan 2018

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Question : I had general anestesia this morning for tooth extraction. Experiencing pins in needles in borh lower arms tonight? Normal?But can it happen? It happened to me once before when i had anestesia fora D&C

Answered by Dr. Dr. Rakhi Tayal (1 hour later)

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Not normally happened.
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Several possible: Could be due to hyperventilation, low ionized calcium, a medication reaction of drug use for GA,in your case hyperventilation may be the cause.
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Follow up: Dr. Dr. Rakhi Tayal (10 minutes later)

What do you mean hyperventilation for general anestesia may be the cause for my heart rate being all over the place?

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Hyperventilation means some increased in respiration ,not by heart rate.
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