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Shankar Kodali MD,
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Regional Anesthesia (Pain impulses are blocked with in the back bone and they do not reach the brain)
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Epidural is an anesthetic delivered by injection
near the lower spine. It numbs the body below the injection,
allowing woman to remain alert but more comfortable during
contractions of childbirth.
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Epidural
anesthesia and spinal anesthesia are called regional
anesthetics because they anesthetize one specific region
of the body. These are popular for childbirth because
the pain relief is excellent and very little medication
reaches the baby. The medications used here include
local anesthetics (e.g. novocaine-like medications such
as bupivacaine) and narcotics. These medications block the
nerves that carry sensations of pain from the uterus and
cervix back to the spinal cord in the back bone and
brain. This method allows you to be awake and alert, yet
relatively free of pain. Although rare, side effects and
complications do exist (see section on "Side
effects and complications')
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