10 Causes of Night Terrors In Adults
Cause #5: Recent Anesthesia
Undergoing total anesthesia necessary during a surgery is another cause that can lead to night terrors in both children and adults. Surgery is known to be traumatic. There is no disputing about that. A lot of people tend to have nightmares and even night terrors immediately after the surgery which can last for days and sometimes weeks. Factors associated with the development of night terrors and other sleep disturbances during the postoperative period include severity of surgical trauma, type of anesthesia, preoperative comorbidity, old age, postoperative pain, etc.
Having sleep problems immediately after having a surgery, including having night terrors, will have a negative effect on the postoperative period, even prolonging the recovery sometimes.
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