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An epidural block is given in the lower back into a small area (the epidural space) below the spinal cord. You will be asked to sit or lie on your side with your back curved outward and to stay this way until the procedure is completed. You can move when it's done, but you may not be allowed to walk around.
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Does it hurt after you get an epidural?
For most patients, the only painful part of the epidural procedure is the numbing of the lower back before the epidural is placed, which does cause a momentary stinging or burning sensation. The insertion of the epidural itself is usually felt as just pressure. In the hours and days following delivery, some women experience discomfort in the lower back where the needle was placed, but this is rarely a significant problem.Source: http://www.lifelinetomodernmedicine.com/ArticlePage.aspx?ID=302a85f8-7135-4174-bd4c-2bc4ad7e04c2&LandingID=fc6eb1da-98e4-43c7-bb9f-09c17e2a005d
Can you get epidural with every birth?
Yes, you can get an epidural with each birth.
Is an epidural for labor and an epidural for back pain the same?
They are the same
What area is the anesthesia is administered to numb the nerves from the uterus and birth passage without stopping labor?
epidural
If you are endued can you still get an epidural?
yes you can have and epidural if you are induced - Christina ballesteros
Should you get epidural?
Heck yeah, get the epidural! Especially if you are a woman in labor!
What is the unscrambled word for pedirula?
The anagram is the medical term "epidural."
Does epidural anesthesia cause swelling in feet after giving birth?
when you get the epidural could you get swelling?
Where in the spine do the insert the needle for an epidural?
I think the needle will be inserted in lumbar 3 and 4 for epidural.
Under what circumstances is epidural therapy performed?
Epidural anesthesia can block most of the pain of labor and birth for vaginal and surgical deliveries. Epidural analgesia is also used after cesarean sections
Blood vessels servicing the spinal cord are found in the?
Epidural Space
Can you have an epidural if you smoke?
I received an epidural steroid injection a couple years ago and my doctors knew I smoke.
