Regional Anesthesia Complications
Learn how your age, health condition, pregnancy, medical history and more could impact potential Regional Anesthesia complications.
Learn
- Overview
- What It Is
- Reasons For
- Complications
- What to Expect
- Results
- When to Call a Doctor
Regional Anesthesia Risk Factors
Possible Complications
Complications are rare, but no procedure is completely free of risk. If you are planning to have anesthesia, your doctor will review a list of possible complications, which may include:
- Pain and tenderness around the injection site
- Bruising, infection, or bleeding of the injection site
- Headache
- Decrease in blood pressure
- Nerve damage
- Medicine mistakenly injected into a vein or artery
- Damage to organs
Some factors that may increase the risk of complications include:
- Current or past health problems
- Taking medicines, supplements, herbal remedies, or blood thinners
- Allergies
- Smoking
- Drinking alcohol
- Using recreational drugs
- History of adverse reactions to anesthesia
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 What to Expect Find out how long it will take, what they will be doing and what to expect afterwards. |
 Results What are the next steps and other possible tests needed after you have received the results. |
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