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Spinal Headache Definition
Common names:
  • Headache after Lumbar Puncture
  • Headache after Spinal Tap
  • Headache Spinal
  • Lumbar Puncture Headache
  • Spinal Headache
  • Spinal Tap Headache
A person with a spinal headache has pain that develops after a spinal tap, or after medication is injected into the spinal canal. Medicine is injected into the spinal canal during spinal anesthesia.

About 30 percent of those who have a spinal tap or spinal anesthesia suffer spinal headaches. Images

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Last Updated: Sep 11, 2008  References
Authors: Stephen J. Schueler, MD; John H. Beckett, MD; D. Scott Gettings, MD
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