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How does the body lose spinal fluid?
Spinal fluid leaks can be caused by punctures or disease in the spinal cord.
What does it mean when no fluid is drawn when a spinal tap is done?
It usually means whomever was performing the lumbar puncture or "spinal tap" missed the sub-dural space where the spinal fluid is located. It may also be that the patient was dehydrated or was leaking CSF (cerebral-spinal fluid) thus making it very difficult to obtain a sample.
Would if you spinal fluid impinged?
What would happen if your spinal fluid was impinged
What is a high spinal fluid pressure?
Normal spinal fluid pressure is 12
What does hemoglobin mean in spinal fluid?
junk99 Hemoglobin is in blood...not spinal fluid. It's the stuff red blood cells use to carry iron.
What is liquid around the brain and spinal cord?
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
What is the functions of cerebration fluid?
cerebral spinal fluid cushions, protects and nourishes the brain and spinal cord.
What liquid is the spinal cord covered in?
Cerebral spinal fluid
What is the fluid called that is drawn out of the spine?
spinal fluid
What does effacement of CSF mean?
The term refers to the removal or disappearance of the cerebral-spinal fluid -- a serum-like fluid inside your spinal column and skull. I've not heard this exact term used before -- pretty obscure phrasing.
What is fluid in the spinal column?
It is called cerebrospinal fluid or CSF.
Why Cerebrospinal fluid under pressure in the spinal canal?
Cerebral spinal fluid is supposed to provide nutrition to the brain and spinal cord. It is secreted from the arteries and drains into the veins. That is how the blood flows. From high pressure arteries to low pressure veins. In between the fluid goes to interstitial compartment. Here the spinal fluid is like the interstitial compartment.
