How does anesthesia work to make people unconscious?

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How does anesthesia work to make people unconscious? What’s the exact mechanism of it? It seems really fascinating so I’d like to hear your thoughts and knowledge on this.

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It’s basically a chemical that numbs the nervous system so the brain can’t send signals to other parts of the body.  The end effect is basically forcing the brain into a repeating pattern of “sleep”

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