Anesthesia works by using medications (anesthetics) to temporarily block pain signals from traveling along your nerves to your brain, or by numbing the brain itself to cause unconsciousness. The ...

An anesthesia allergy occurs when a person experiences an allergic reaction if they receive certain anesthetic medications. Sometimes, these reactions can be severe. Anesthesia is a group of ...

Immunoglobulin G (IgG) has been pinpointed as the likely culprit in hitherto unexplained cases of dangerous immune reactions known as anaphylaxis in response to anesthetic drugs, according to a report ...

Postoperative anaphylaxis after the use of neuromuscular blocking agents is often underreported; most survivors recover fully ...

Allergic reactions to anesthesia may be more common than previously thought, according to a study published in The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology. Researchers studied patients who ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . WASHINGTON — Study findings suggest that most children who visit the ED with anaphylaxis can safely be ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . An animated video that was shown to children with a history of food-related anaphylaxis improved their ...

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