Could anyone explain what happened to me.

[Chaiser]

I went to the dentist when i was 23. (18yrs ago). I sat in the chair and received an injection in my gum. Within seconds i had a real scary feeling come across me and i said to the nurse that i feel wierd. She said it would be ok just lay back in the chair which i proceeded to do. Not sure of time frame but the next thing i know i am waking up feeling dead tired to an ambulance officer touching my arm. I went to sit up and he told me just to stay there. They checked me over and loaded me onto a gurney then took me to royal adelaide hospital. My girlfriend at the time also didnt know what was going on. All i could think of was going to sleep but they wouldnt let me. After 8 hrs of doctors and nurses not leeting me sleep i left the hospital and went home. At home ready to go to sleep the hospital called me to find out where i was and i told them at home i needed sleep and hung up. 10 mins later the dentist where it happened made the same call. I hung up on them and went to sleep. Woke up in morning feeling right as rain. Within 2 weks of the initial injection i received a phone call from the dentist asking how i was as i was the 1st person to die in thier dentist she said to me.

 

[Chaiser]

After the phone call from the dentist i tried to find out what happened to me as noone would yell me anything. I started basic maths to work out at a bare minimum how long i was out for. Here goes: i mention i feel wierd to the nurse then lie back. Time=0, nurse realizes something wrong tries to find pulse -20 secs, responds by dialling emergency 000-10 secs, operator responds- 10 secs, dispatches details to ambulance -30 secs, ambulance responds. heres the kicker. (Lets say ambulance just happened to be parked outside dentist). Ambo officers grab all thier gear + gurney and walk it into dentist. At bare minimum- 2 mins. Officers get directed to me and places hand on my arm -10 secs. So at a very bare minimum i was out for 3mins 30 secs no breathing or pulse. Realisticslly it would be alot more time than that. 18 years later and alot of my teeth are bad but from past experiences i am affraid to go to a dentist to have them seem to. Considering in all my attempts noone has ever told me how long i died for and why i died. I do believe it was alot longer than that as my brain obviously started shutting down and has temoved every memory of myself neing inder the age of 8.

 

[NJGirl]

You could always contact the hospital you were taken to and treated at. They would have your medical records which would have some sort of diagnosis. You could have had a bad allergic reaction to the numbing agent they used or you could have had some underlying condition which was triggered.

If this the first time you are questioning this event since it happened? Have you gone to see a medical doctor since for any type of checkup or physical? You may want to do that and bring this event to their attention so they can help you answer some of these questions and ensure you know if you have any allergies or medications/substances that you should avoid not just at the dentist but in general.

 

[comfortdentist]

Sounds like a bad vasovagal reaction. Ask about that.