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Are you resistant to dental and other anaesthetics?

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Genevieve489 Mon 03-Jul-17 13:48:52

I've just come back from the dentist, having broken part of a tooth yesterday. It was a tooth that had been filled many years ago and the dentist said I would need to have it re-filled. So, four anaesthetic injections and extra anaesthetic gel later - and the drilling was still painful - she said she would just re-fill the part that had been damaged, as she was nearly there with that. This has happened to me before at the dentist and I finished up having so much anaesthetic I couldn't blink my eye for a while.

Last year I had a nerve block for a trapeziectomy which only worked on one side of my arm - unfortunately, not on the thumb side! A second injection into my neck didn't change anything. I went ahead with the procedure having been given Fentanyl, but felt every part of the operation. It was sore, but not excruciating, so I put up with it.

Just wondered if others have had this problem. My dentist thought I might have an extra nerve channel. By the way, I also have red hair and have read that this can sometimes be a problem with anaesthesia.

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Auntieflo Mon 03-Jul-17 13:58:08

Hello Genevieve, I haven't had trouble with dental anaesthetics, but did when I had a knee replacement. I was due to have a spinal injection, but after two didn't work, I was given a general anaesthetic, and was out for the count.

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NanaandGrampy Mon 03-Jul-17 15:11:49

Not anaesthetics but I am resistant to the measles vaccine. I had it as a child, on joining the army, before my first child again after she was born and again after the second one was born and I still have no antibodies .

Just lucky I guess {smile]

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BlueBelle Mon 03-Jul-17 15:15:25

They always have to give me more than they expect at the dentist as I seem fairly resistant to it and need a horses dose to have an effect ?

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wildswan16 Mon 03-Jul-17 15:21:19

People who have Ehlers Danlos syndrome also have a greater resistance to local anaesthetics I believe.

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Genevieve489 Mon 03-Jul-17 19:36:31

Really interesting, thank you all. Got a sore mouth this evening with all those injections, but it could be worse, I suppose!

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Olene Mon 03-Jul-17 19:48:54

Are you a redhead by any chance? I have always had this and was made to feel like I was being dramatic when I could feel pain when I'd had an anaesthetic. Chanced across some research a few years ago about redheads and how we react differently. Interesting reading. So if you are a redhead google it.

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Olene Mon 03-Jul-17 19:52:47

Sorry.....just reread your message. You are a redhead!!!
There you go, problem solved. I do tell dentists etc now but they rarely believe me!

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Greyduster Mon 03-Jul-17 19:58:55

Not usually, but when I cracked a back molar some time ago, my dentist had the devils own job to numb it so that he could effect a repair. After three visits he gave up and sent me to the dental hospital to see a friend of his who had some special piece of kit (no, not a sledgehammer!!) that did the job. It was not a hypodermic but some other sort of syringe which I seem to recall was called a Perry Press, but I have never been able to find out anything about it online.

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Deedaa Mon 03-Jul-17 20:49:04

When I was having crowns replaced some years ago the dentist couldn't get my teeth numb enough and he gave me gas and air as well. No pain and I was as high as a kite! in the end he took it away from me and said I was enjoying it too much grin

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Grannynise Mon 03-Jul-17 21:11:02

It's a 'well known fact' that red headed people are resistant to anaesthesia. I wonder why?

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