Why when you get surgery?!
Question: Why when you get surgery.?
and you get general anethesia, do they tell you not to eat or drink anything after midnight the prior day. What is this for.? What are the benefits. I am getting surgery in 3 hours and I am dying of thirst! Health Question & Answer
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No drinking after midnight.But I would say a sip of water won't hurt.They say this because it could make you sick after you wake up from surgery.Hope all goes well.Health Question & Answer
There is a severe risk of you aspirating your own body fluids when they start to insert the ET tube, which is connected to the breathing machine. also, it can make you extremely nauseated after surgery.Health Question & Answer
It can make you throw up-during surgery that's a bad thing. It can also make you more nauseous after surgery.Health Question & Answer
The anesthetic stops your digestive system cold. Any food in it will begin to putrefy. You could also reflexively throw up food and block your breathing while asleep. Those are the reasons.Health Question & Answer
call your doctor, i had to do the same thing but they allowed me to suck on some ice cubes.Health Question & Answer
Mostly because you may refund what you eat or drink...Health Question & Answer