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What does a post lumbar puncture headache feel like?
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These headaches usually are a dull pain, although some people report a throbbing sensation. A stiff neck and nausea may accompany the headache.
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Is a lumbar puncture invasive?
usually not that painfull but as always in pain, it depends a bit on the patients pain perception (women feel less pain to give an example, but we all have different levels of pain "awareness") and it also depends on the experience of the doctor performing the procedure.Sometimes you can get a lidocaine (xilocaine) injection first on the site of the puncture, to anesthetize the area a little, though this is not "necessary".I have had patients that feel amazed at the end of the procedure how easy it was on them, but some other have felt more pain than what I expected.All in all, I wouldn't feel so frightened about a lumbar puncture since it is the same needle thick we used to draw out blood. It is the thickness of the needle that it is important, pain-wise, not the length of it. Of course the skin on the back is more sensitive than your arm's but still, I think its a nice remark.Some patients may feel like a needle was inserted on their thighs when the puncture is being done, nothing too painful, just like a little sting on the leg.
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I doubt there would be NO fluid in the spinal cord, but very often physicians cannot tap the spinal cord to obtain fluid, sometimes, they just cannot get in. In cases like this, they will often send the person to radiology for a CT assisted lumbar puncture There is a condition called dry tap, that is when no fluid drained out while lumbar puncture is performed. Fluid thickening due to inflammatory process (called arachnoiditis) may be one of its causes (because it thickens, it cannot pass the syringe)
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