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| | | Check Up is your chance to talk to doctors about the health issues that most concern you and your family. Each week Barbara Myers is joined by a medical expert to take your calls and emails on a particular topic and give you the most up to date advice. No appointment necessary.
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Anaesthesia
In this week's episode of Check Up, Barbara Myers invites listeners to call in and email with their questions about anaesthesia.
Anyone who's ever had any kind of medical operation, from a filling in the teeth to major surgery, has received some kind of anaesthetic.
Even though anesthetics are used in medicine every day there's a great deal that's still not known about how they actually work.
Some people suffer with side effects after coming round from an anaesthetic.
The common problems are feeling sick, dizzy or shivery, or suffering general aches and pains.
Other side effects can be blurred vision, drowsiness, a sore throat, a headache and breathing difficulties.
Are you about to undergo a procedure which will require an anaesthetic?
Are you wondering how you should prepare for an anaesthetic, or concerned about its effects during and after the procedure?
Do you have questions about any after-effects of anaesthesia that you may be experiencing?
Barbara Myers will be joined by Dr David Wilkinson, Consultant Anaesthetist at St Bartholomew's Hospital, London to answer these and other questions about anaesthetics.
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RELATED LINKS
Your Anaesthetic
The Anaesthetic Awareness Network
The Anaesthetic Research Society
AnaesthesiaUK
British Journal of Anaesthesia
Royal College of Anaesthetists
The Association of Anaesthetists of Great Britain and Ireland
BBC Health
BBC News Health
BBC Webguide
Net Doctor
NHS Direct
Dr Foster
Telegraph Health
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