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Reaction to local anesthethic?

  • 06-10-2013 11:38am
    #1
    SpaceTime
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    Is this normal? How can a avoid it happening in the future?

    I had a couple of fillings replaced and needed a few local aesthetic injections. My heart went crazy after a couple of shots last time. It was quite frightening tbh.

    I just felt a very warm sensation move down my body from my neck and my heart started pounding and skipping beats and I got quite dizzy.

    Like instead of the usual heart rhythm or was like bump.......... Bump........ Bump bump bump bump bump......... Bump... Bump.... bump. I checked my own pulse and it matched the irratic pattern I was feeling.

    I couldnt drive afterwards and had to abandon the car and get a taxi home from a cafe. I felt awful for about two days afterwards. I just went freezing cold and shakey with kind of irratic heart beats. It subsided after maybe an hour or so. I'm sure the people in Costa must have thought I was a bit strange!

    The dentist was trying to convince me it was a panic attack but I think it was a reaction to the anaesthetic.

    It's putting me off going to the dentist tbh. I'm not overly keen on having that happen again!


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  • #2
    btkm8unsl0w5r4
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    Most local anaesthetic has a very small bit of adrenaline in it to help with its pain removing action. Sometimes that gives the patient a bit of an artificial fright. Some patients become uncomfortable with the feeling and this sensation of panic that your heart is racing feeds back into itself and creates more adrenaline that creates more heart racing.....so its a bit of adrenaline plus a bit of panic together. Its not a reaction to the anaesthetic per say. You dentist can use non adrenaline anaesthetic if that would make you feel better about it. Its also usually only an issue with injections for working on your lower teeth.


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