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dementia or something else
by ruza, Aug 02, 2009 06:36PM
My sister in law had a heart surgery a month ago.Recovering was connected to severe complications (lung infection becouse of ventilation,inability of breathing.. )so she was under the anestesia about 25 days.Immediately after waking strange things were happening such as seeing people that were not there,talking about events that were not happened.We thought that was teporarily but it has been about 20 days she is awoken but can not remember past events,she did not know reason she was in the hospital (we told her),forgot we visited her there,she thought her older sister was dead,convinced something has happened that is not true.....Could you, please, tell me what is happening to her.We are affraid of dementia.
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These could be signs of neurotoxicity due to prolonged anaesthesia . Being under anaesthesia for 25 days may have caused neurotoxicity ..Signs of neurotoxicity are - confusion , attention difficulties , disorientation , memory loss , irritation ,anxiety etc Please consult a neurologist for the examination , diagnosis and treatment . Hope this helps you . Take care and regards