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| Answers to common neurosurgery spine questions |
| What do I do if I develop persistent headaches after a myelogram? |
| Some patients develop a "spinal" headache after a myelogram. The characteristic of this headache is that the headache occurs when you sit or stand and the headache goes away when you lie down. If this type of headache occurs the best thing to do is to lie down as much as possible for 24 hours. If the spinal headache persists after this time period you should have someone take you to a hospital emergency room and tell them that you have a "spinal headache after a myelogram". They will treat you with a 'blood patch'. The procedure will be explained to you but briefly the physician will take a small blood sample from your arm and inject it at the site of your myelogram spinal tap to clot and seal a pinhole leak. This should take care of the headache. |
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