spinal headache
Post-tap skull throbbing
A spinal headache is severe head pain caused by leakage of cerebrospinal fluid, typically following a lumbar puncture or epidural injection.
The headache intensifies when sitting or standing and eases when lying flat.
She developed a spinal headache after the epidural and had to stay in bed for three days.
- lumbarOf the lower spine
- lumbar punctureExtracting cerebrospinal fluid diagnostically
- punctureHole from penetration
- cerebrospinalOf brain and spinal cord
- fluidSubstance that flows
leak · low pressure · dura · epidural · lying · lying down · flat · flat on back · caffeine · blood · patch · needle · meningitis · throbbing · positional · upright · nausea · stiff
headache etiology/type
spinal headachemigraine
Severe neurological head pain
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