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My pediatric urologist wants to put my child under general anasthetics at 6 monthsI am worried about negative impacts this might have on brain development is it possible to have a successful surgery done at 3 years old instead?
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3 year old kids get extremely stressed about surgery and will remember both the period before and the pain afterwards. It can be very traumatizing for them.A 6 month old will have no clue what's happening and won't remember.The available evidence suggests that a one off exposure to a general anaesthetic will not have long term implications for neurodevelopment. However your concerns are very valid and you should discuss it further with your paediatrician.
Yes, we are alternating ibuprofen and Tylenol every few hours throughout the day which is why the main concern is him getting some rest at night. Delta 8 and 9 are legal in our state. I'm mainly worried about the whole brain still developing at his age thing.
if his pain is bad enough he could get a nerve block with a catheter. would make the pain basically gone and he could keep it pretty numb for 3-5 days till a lot of the inflammation is down.You could try paracetamol and ibuprofen first. If his pain is uncontrolled with that then chat to his doctor about your concerns. Opiates can be entirely appropriate for acute pain. Im not sure of the evidence for cannabis for acute pain, especially in children.