dc.contributor.author | Gamal Al-Barassi, Manal | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2020-09-28T10:33:04Z | |
dc.date.available | 2020-09-28T10:33:04Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019-03-12 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://repository.limu.edu.ly/handle/123456789/2035 | |
dc.description | Epidural anesthesia is regional anesthesia that blocks pain in a particular region of the
body. The goal of an epidural is to provide analgesia, or pain relief, rather
than anesthesia, which leads to a total lack of feeling. Epidurals block the nerve
impulses from the lower spinal segments. This results in decreased sensation in the
lower half of the body.
Epidural medications fall into a class of drugs called local anesthetics, such as
bupivacaine, chloroprocaine, or lidocaine. They are often delivered in combination
with opioids or narcotics such as fentanyl and sufentanil in order to decrease the
required dose of local anesthetic.[1]
This produces pain relief with minimal effects. These medications may be used in
combination with epinephrine, fentanyl, morphine, or clonidine to prolong the
epidural’s effect or to stabilize the mother’s blood pressure. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Mothers who receive an epidural for labor pain should still be able to breastfeed,
especially if you have experience of breastfeeding problems a baby previously. In
recent years there was an increase of epidural analgesia for pain management during
labor. Several studies tried to find an association between epidural analgesia and
breastfeeding .Some studies have suggested that epidural anesthesia might inhibit
breast-feeding and results are mixed. Studies may show that higher doses of the
opioid medication fentanyl (most commonly used opioid in epidurals) may impact
breastfeeding, but lower doses don’t seem to make breastfeeding more difficult.
In addition, other aspects of epidural use for pain relief may impact breastfeeding
success. The mother may receive fluids through her IV to help stabilize blood
pressure, and this lead to swelling of breast tissue. Sometimes this makes it difficult
for the baby to latch on and for the milk to “come in” over the next days. There may
also be small changes in the levels of the hormone oxytocin and this may have effects
on early breastfeeding right after birth. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | faculty of Basic Medical Science - Libyan International Medical University | en_US |
dc.rights | Attribution 3.0 United States | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/ | * |
dc.title | Effect Of Labor Epidural Anesthesia On Breast Feeding Mother | en_US |
dc.type | Other | en_US |