The doctor said, as long as the anesthesia process operation is correct, the amount of drugs accurate, surgical anesthesia will not affect the child's intelligence.
The doctor explained that the anesthetics used in surgery, whether inhalational anesthetics, or intravenous drip anesthetics, is through the blood, to reach a certain concentration in the blood, selective inhibition of the cerebral cortex and the nerve endings of the liaison pathway, resulting in anesthesia and analgesia. Generally, it will not affect the respiratory and circulatory functions, and will not cause cerebral hypoxia. During the anesthesia process, although the child may lose consciousness temporarily, but after the anesthesia will immediately wake up, as if waking up from a sleep, and will not have an impact on intelligence. In addition, in order to prevent too deep anesthesia for surgery and inhibit respiration, resulting in cerebral hypoxia, anesthesiologists will closely monitor and constantly adjust the depth of anesthesia, and with the use of oxygen, so that the depth of anesthesia of the child is always maintained at a level conducive to the operation, without causing damage to the cerebral hypoxia. With the continuous development of medical instruments and equipment, the safety of surgery is fully guaranteed.
The temporary daze or drowsiness that occurs during the anesthesia after surgery is a normal reaction, and parents need not worry about it, and can rest assured that their children will receive surgical treatment.