• Can anesthesia cause a fever spike?

My wife just delivered a baby girl through a C-section procedure. However, she now has fever. Could it be triggered due to the anesthesia?

2 Answers

  • Anesthesiologist | Pain Medicine
  • Pompano beach, FL

There is a chance that her fever can be due to anesthesia as it alters the body thermostat. But you would want to rule out other potentials such as infection.

  • Anesthesiologist
  • North Platte, NE

Actually, yes...epidurals or spinals can create a small, insignificant fever that is short-lived due to the inflammation that can occur with the injection locally at the site, but nothing that is sustained and/or life-threatening. That would likely point to something more systemic like a chorioaminitis infection (possibly having had her water broken for too long of a time = infection) for example.

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