Explain the difference between general anesthetics and local anesthetics
What will be an ideal response?
General anesthetics cause a loss of feeling in the entire body and
the patient is unconscious during surgery. Local anesthetics
block pain only in the area to be operated on and the patient is
awake during surgery.
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