Overview
Your healthcare provider may suspect pseudocholinesterase deficiency if you have difficulty regaining muscle control and breathing after general anesthesia. To confirm your diagnosis, they can run a blood test to check your pseudocholinesterase enzyme levels.
If you have a family member with the condition, a healthcare provider can do genetic testing to find out if you have it, too. This test uses a blood sample to determine whether you have a BCHE gene mutation.
If your provider suspects you have this condition, they can use other types of muscle relaxants that don’t depend on the pseudocholinesterase enzyme.
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