Tag: Surgical stress

Postoperative hyponatremia is the most common electrolyte disorder found in hospitalized patients, affecting up to 35%. Understanding what causes low sodium after surgery is crucial for identifying risks and ensuring patient safety.

Anesthesia can temporarily take your brain's frontal cortex offline, removing inhibitions and leading to uninhibited emotional responses like crying. This phenomenon, sometimes called emergence delirium, can cause you to cry coming out of anesthesia, a surprisingly common but often temporary part of the recovery process.

Studies show that significant hair shedding, a condition known as telogen effluvium, affects roughly 10-15% of surgical patients [1.7.4]. While many wonder, **does anesthesia make your hair fall out?**, the answer is complex and often points to the body's overall stress response to surgery [1.2.2].