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  1. Local Anesthesia: What It Is, Uses, Side Effects & Types

    Mar 25, 2025 · Local anesthesia (local anesthetic) is medication healthcare providers use to temporarily numb a small area of your skin, subcutaneous tissue and peripheral nerves before …

  2. Local Anesthesia: Types, Benefits, and Side Effects - WebMD

    Oct 2, 2024 · What is local anesthesia? Learn about when and why it's used, its types, and its side effects and safety.

  3. Local Anesthesia: Uses, Types, and Risks - Verywell Health

    Nov 4, 2024 · Local anesthesia involves using medications (local anesthetics) to numb an area of your body. It's used to prevent pain during and after surgery or other medical procedures, such …

  4. Local Anesthesia: Uses, Types, Process, Risks, and ... - Healthline

    Jan 26, 2018 · Local anesthesia refers to using a drug called an anesthetic to temporarily numb a small area of your body. Your doctor might use a local anesthetic before doing a minor …

  5. Local anesthetic - Wikipedia

    A local anesthetic (LA) is a medication that causes absence of all sensation (including pain) in a specific body part without loss of consciousness, [1] providing local anesthesia, as opposed to …

  6. Local Anesthesia - What You Need to Know - Drugs.com

    Nov 2, 2025 · Care guide for Local Anesthesia. Includes: possible causes, signs and symptoms, standard treatment options and means of care and support.

  7. Local Anesthesia - Procedures & Risks | Made for This Moment

    Local anesthesia, also called local anesthetic, is usually a one-time injection of medicine that numbs a small area of the body. It is used for procedures such as performing a skin biopsy or …

  8. Clinical use of local anesthetics in anesthesia - UpToDate

    Feb 4, 2025 · Local anesthetics (LAs) are used to block transmission of impulses in nerve fibers, to reduce or eliminate sensation. LAs may be used for neuraxial analgesia and anesthesia, …

  9. Local and Regional Anesthesia - Medscape

    Dec 23, 2024 · Local anesthetics provide a reversible regional loss of sensation. Local anesthetics reduce pain, thereby facilitating surgical procedures. Delivery techniques broaden …

  10. Local Anesthesia - UPMC Health Library

    Local anesthesia uses medicine (anesthetics) to block pain from a part of the body. The medicine affects only the area near where the medicine was injected or applied.