“Can local anesthesia cause long-term side effects?”
I will have surgery under local anesthesia. Can local anesthesia cause long-term side effects?
3 Answers
The simple answer is no. It could cause allergic reaction in sensitive
Patients rarely, even more uncommon is local anesthetic toxicity, when the
total dose of injected LA is too high. But those are treatable and
preventable. But there’s no long term side effects.
Patients rarely, even more uncommon is local anesthetic toxicity, when the
total dose of injected LA is too high. But those are treatable and
preventable. But there’s no long term side effects.
In theory, the bevel (edge) of the needle used to infiltrate the local anesthesia could potentially shear small nerves, but this is very rare. The actual local anesthetic medications cause essentially NO side effects.
Yes, all anesthesia have side effects, especially if the patient has unknown allergies.
