•Minor surgeries such as skin biopsies, breast biopsies, repairing broken bones, stitching deep cuts, dental surgery, mole or verruca removal, and cataract surgery.

•Procedures where general anesthesia is unnecessary or undesirable, allowing quicker recovery and fewer side effects.

•Regional anesthesia techniques like nerve blocks, epidurals, and spinal anesthesia to numb larger areas for surgeries or pain control, often when the patient needs to stay awake.

•Treatment of localized conditions such as mouth ulcers, sore throats, or long-term joint pain with local anesthetic gels, sprays, or injections.

•Discomfort or pain at the injection site, bruising, bleeding, or soreness

•Tingling, numbness, weakness, or continuing pins and needles sensation

•Dizziness, headaches, blurred vision, muscle twitching, or shivering

•Difficulty urinating or urinary leakage (especially with epidurals)

•Allergic reactions such as redness, itching, hives, swelling, or in rare cases, severe anaphylaxi

•Rare but serious effects include seizures, cardiac arrhythmias, cardiac arrest, and central nervous system toxicity (convulsions, coma, respiratory depression)

•Temporary neurological symptoms or nerve damage, usually resolving over time

 Inform your doctor about all medications you take, especially blood thinners like aspirin, warfarin, clopidogrel, and herbal supplements such as fish oil or turmeric, as these increase bleeding risk at the injection site.

• Avoid alcohol for at least 24 hours before receiving local anesthesia.

• Follow fasting instructions before the procedure, typically no eating or drinking for several hours.

• The injection site should be properly disinfected, and the procedure performed by trained professionals in a setting equipped with resuscitation equipment and monitoring to manage rare systemic toxicity.

• Use the lowest effective dose and aspirate before injection to avoid intravascular administration.

• Patients should move carefully until numbness wears off to prevent injury.

• Monitor vital signs during administration, especially when large doses are used.

*Contraindications:

• Known allergy to the local anesthetic agent or any ingredient in the anesthetic solution is an absolute contraindication

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