The amount of discomfort you have after surgery depends on many things, including the type of surgery. Typical discomforts may include:, Nausea and vomiting from general anesthesia, Sore throat caused by the tube placed in the windpipe for breathing during surgery, Soreness, pain, and swelling around the incision site or minor pain around IV sites, Restlessness and sleeplessness, Thirst, Constipation and gas. Complications can sometimes occur after surgery. The most common complications include: Shock- Shock is a severe drop in blood pressure that causes a dangerous slowing of blood flow throughout the body. Shock may be caused by blood loss, infection, spine injury, or metabolic problems. Treatment may include any or all of the following: Stopping any blood loss, helping with breathing. This might be with a breathing machine, Reducing heat loss, Giving IV fluids or blood, giving extra oxygen, prescribing medicines to help raise blood pressure. Bleeding- Rapid blood loss from the site of surgery, for example, can lead to shock. Treatment of rapid blood loss may include: IV fluids or blood plasma, Blood transfusion, more surgery to control the bleeding. Wound infection: When bacteria enter the site of surgery, an infection can happen. Infections can delay healing. Wound infections can spread to nearby organs or tissue, or to distant areas through the bloodstream. Treatment of wound infections may include: Antibiotics, Surgery or procedure to clean or drain the infected area. Deep vein thrombosis: A deep vein thrombosis is a blood clot in a large vein deep inside a leg, arm, or other part of the body. Symptoms are pain, swelling, tenderness, and skin redness in a leg, arm, or other area. If you have these symptoms, call your healthcare provider. In some cases, the clot can break off and travel to the lungs or brain. This can cause a pulmonary embolism or a stroke. Compression stockings are often used for treatment. They can also prevent DVTs. Pulmonary embolism: The clot can break away from the vein and travel to the lungs. This clot is called a pulmonary embolism. In the lungs, the clot can cut off the flow of blood. This is a medical emergency and may cause death. If you have the following symptoms, call 911 or get emergency help right away. Symptoms are chest pain, trouble breathing, coughing (may cough up blood), sweating, very low blood pressure, fast heartbeat, light headedness, and fainting. Treatment depends on the location and size of the blood clot. Lung problems: Sometimes lung problems happen because you don’t do deep breathing and coughing exercises within 48 hours of surgery. They may also happen from pneumonia or from inhaling food, water, or blood into the airways. Symptoms may include wheezing, chest pain, shortness of breath, fever, and cough. Getting up and walking around, deep breathing, and coughing often can help reduce the chances for these problems. Treatment depends on the lung problem and the cause. Urinary retention: This means you aren’t able to empty your bladder. This may be caused by the anesthesia or certain surgeries. It is often treated by using a thin tube (catheter) to drain the bladder. This is kept in place until you have regained bladder control. Sometimes medicines to stimulate the bladder may be given. The scholar journal uses editorial manager system for maintaining quality of the whole process of manuscript submission, peer review and tracking. Journal of Surgery and Anesthesia aims to maintain a rapid editorial procedure and a rigorous peer-review system for all the submitted manuscripts. The submitted articles are peer-reviewed within 21 days of submission and the accepted articles are published immediately. Acceptance of any manuscript for publication requires approval of at least two independent reviewers and the editor. Submit manuscripts as an e-mail attachment to manuscripts@longdom.org