(En español: Anestesia) Anesthesia is medicine that doctors and
nurses give to make people feel comfortable when they're having
surgery, stitches, or other things that might be painful. There
are different types of anesthesia: general and local. General
anesthesia is cool because it helps you fall asleep for a little
bit so you don't feel any pain while the doctors are fixing
something. A doctor can give you general anesthesia with a shot
or by letting you breathe a special kind of air. The medicine
wears off and you wake up a while later. Local anesthesia
doesn't make you fall asleep, but it numbs the area so you won't
feel pain while you get stitches or minor surgery to remove
something like a wart.