Reaction to local anaesthetic

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dangermouse said:
This is the second time that I've experienced a reaction to local anaesthetic that was administered by my dentist.

I become drowsy during procedure and afterwards (yesterday) I developed light headedness, severe nausea (still lingering), shakes and tremors. Vision blurred.

The nurse gave me dextrose tablet and on gums. I was tipped back on a bed with a fan on me, I wasn't cold.

After a while I felt that I could sit up (I desperately wanted to go home, I was feeling very ill and didn't want to end up in hospital, I avoid that at all costs) I was still weak and dizzy.

I relapse afterwards and feel very ill.

Has anyone else experienced this kind of reaction to local anaesthetic?
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I went to a dental college for a low cost dental extraction. The student injected me with a lidocaine epinephrine combo, and I was not going numb, so he injected my gums about three more times. I started shivering uncontrollably and honestly felt like I was having a petite mal seizure.

From then on, I specifically request no epinephrine at the dentist!
 
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I have hEDS, MCAS and dysautonomia. I had a lot of dental work as a child. I do not recall any weird reactions to lidocaine back then. I have had at least three episodes of receiving dental anesthesia on the right and it temporarily paralyzes the extraocular muscles on the left. Also can cause prolonged eye pain for up to a few days. There is not much in the literature for this kind of problem.

My first reaction over 20 years ago was with carbocaine with epi. I have had lidocaine, articaine tried all without epi -- and still get this problem. I have never had an issue with my eyes when the anesthesia is administered on the left side. And ALWAYS when administered on the right side, it affects my opposite eye muscles.

Aside from dental anesthesia, I had lidocaine injections in my chest to remove a loop recorder and it did not affect my eyes but made me feel exhausted for 24 hours.
 
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You should see the rash that developed below my skin cancer test site last year. All because I forgot to tell him of my allergies to epinephrine and lidocaine…. Rash I don’t believe is a symptom either. And it developed about 2 weeks after the biopsy, spreading for about two more weeks until it got to my chin. There is much that they ignore. At least they cared that I was having breathing problems that night…
 
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I has a tooth scraping cleaning done with carbocaine wiyhout epinephrine on the upper left quadrant and felt like I was gonna pass out

Not sure why even non epinephrine based injecting agent could do this
 
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dangermouse said:
This is the second time that I've experienced a reaction to local anaesthetic that was administered by my dentist.

I become drowsy during procedure and afterwards (yesterday) I developed light headedness, severe nausea (still lingering), shakes and tremors. Vision blurred.

The nurse gave me dextrose tablet and on gums. I was tipped back on a bed with a fan on me, I wasn't cold.

After a while I felt that I could sit up (I desperately wanted to go home, I was feeling very ill and didn't want to end up in hospital, I avoid that at all costs) I was still weak and dizzy.

I relapse afterwards and feel very ill.

Has anyone else experienced this kind of reaction to local anaesthetic?
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dangermouse said:
This is the second time that I've experienced a reaction to local anaesthetic that was administered by my dentist.

I become drowsy during procedure and afterwards (yesterday) I developed light headedness, severe nausea (still lingering), shakes and tremors. Vision blurred.

The nurse gave me dextrose tablet and on gums. I was tipped back on a bed with a fan on me, I wasn't cold.

After a while I felt that I could sit up (I desperately wanted to go home, I was feeling very ill and didn't want to end up in hospital, I avoid that at all costs) I was still weak and dizzy.

I relapse afterwards and feel very ill.

Has anyone else experienced this kind of reaction to local anaesthetic?
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I have weird reactions to local anesthetic. Typically, I will feel exhausted for about 24 hours. Also I have strange reaction to dental anesthesia administered on the right side of my mouth -- it affects my contralateral eye muscles, temporarily paralyzing the muscles -- which is super scary. So I hope to avoid anesthesia in the future.
 
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Invisible Woman said:
Interesting @ryan31337.

My sister had the same problem - always needed double doses and still not numb. I think her dentist thought she was a drama queen.

She also was what we used to call "double jointed" in some joints. She was forever on crutches cause she kept going over or twisting her ankles. We always just assumed she was a bit clumsy. This was decades ago..

Now it seems more likely that they are linked. Especially as her daughter was diagnosed with hypermobility.
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It is common that with Ehlers-Danlos, hypermobile (hEDS) patients that we have delayed response to local anesthetics.
 
belize44

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JiggleJaws said:
It is common that with Ehlers-Danlos, hypermobile (hEDS) patients that we have delayed response to local anesthetics.
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Interesting! I don't have Ehlers-danlos, but I do have hyper mobile joints, as well as my daughter. I can bend most of my fingers way back, and have thrown my hip out more times than I can remember.
 
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