Do I really need to refrain from eating or drinking anything for 8 hours before a spinal injection?
The nurses wouldn't explain when I asked.
It's a 15 minute procedure that doesn't use general anesthesia. Is there any actual reason that I need to avoid food and water for 8 hours?
Answers:
Come on now ! 8 hrs is not starving yourself.
Follow the advice, they're not just messing with your mind !
Usually they give early morning appointments for such things.
Yes,You can choke to death on your own puck .Follow Doctors orders.
if the procedure is short, then a general anesthetic would probably be better.it avoids spinal headache. the 8 hour starvation is recommended only because occasional failure of the spinal anesthetic. in such a case a general anesthetic would necessarily be have to be used.
No, they're only saying that to mess with you. I mean, what do they know? They're only nurses.
With anesthetic you often will feel sick, even if you are still under. They suggest not to eat so that if you do get sick you will not breath it in, and drowned yourself. If you tell them you drank even a s,all sip of water they will have to reschedule your procedure.
FOLLOW THE ADVICE GIVEN YOU.
the test does not take long but if you eat or drink can cloud what they are taking pcitures and want to see. duh
Considering that there will be a neural numbing, you could be incontinent of bowel or bladder, or may even throw up. Better be safe than sorry, talk to the doctor and find out if you will have full use of your legs immediately, or if you will need to wait for full response. If allowed, you could always have a hard candy to tide you over. If you can sleep thru the night without food, you will do just fine for your short term surgery. You don't want to have a choking spell in surgery because of regurgitating. Best wishes
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It's a 15 minute procedure that doesn't use general anesthesia. Is there any actual reason that I need to avoid food and water for 8 hours?
Answers:
Come on now ! 8 hrs is not starving yourself.
Follow the advice, they're not just messing with your mind !
Usually they give early morning appointments for such things.
Yes,You can choke to death on your own puck .Follow Doctors orders.
if the procedure is short, then a general anesthetic would probably be better.it avoids spinal headache. the 8 hour starvation is recommended only because occasional failure of the spinal anesthetic. in such a case a general anesthetic would necessarily be have to be used.
No, they're only saying that to mess with you. I mean, what do they know? They're only nurses.
With anesthetic you often will feel sick, even if you are still under. They suggest not to eat so that if you do get sick you will not breath it in, and drowned yourself. If you tell them you drank even a s,all sip of water they will have to reschedule your procedure.
FOLLOW THE ADVICE GIVEN YOU.
the test does not take long but if you eat or drink can cloud what they are taking pcitures and want to see. duh
Considering that there will be a neural numbing, you could be incontinent of bowel or bladder, or may even throw up. Better be safe than sorry, talk to the doctor and find out if you will have full use of your legs immediately, or if you will need to wait for full response. If allowed, you could always have a hard candy to tide you over. If you can sleep thru the night without food, you will do just fine for your short term surgery. You don't want to have a choking spell in surgery because of regurgitating. Best wishes
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