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Still suffering from side effects of lumber puncture after 2 months

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narench
narench

I had my lp done on 2nd jan 2018. I am still suffering from below symptoms .

Pressure in the back of my head

Pressure in ears .

Feeling ears filled with some liquid.

Tinnitus

Off Balance while walking

mild chest pain which comes and goes( getting this from last 3 days).

I have got all these after lp only , i dont have any of above symptoms before .My doc is not agreeing for Blood patch as i dont have severe headaches  .They have done MRI with contrast one week back and its normal. He kept me on some meds which are not helping .Could someone please help me with this.

Am Suffering from mild leak which cant be detected on MRI?

 

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  • joanne19156
    joanne19156 narench

    Posted

    I suffered for at least 16 months with horrendous pain in my head and neck they caused me a bulging disc in my neck they sent me out in that state i still suffer with head and neck pain all they kept sayin was drink coke

  • bob21309
    bob21309 narench

    Posted

    I had the exact same symptoms after my lp. They did a blood patch that helped some but symptoms remained for months. The doctors made me feel like i was crazy. They ran every test imaginable and nothing showed up.l They finally sent me to a headache specialist in pittsburgh and they began treating me for migraines. The meds are definitely helping. I will always feel like this was all caused by the lp but nothing i can do now. I take daily migraine pills and have a rescue pill for severe episodes. If i were you, i would see a headache/migraine specialist. If not for these meds i dont know how long i could go on. Hope this helps and i hope you get relief.
  • Tree49
    Tree49 narench

    Posted

    I would go for blood patch. The same thing happened to me over two years ago. You know you have a leak if when you are writing your eyes are wierd. 
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