What's an Epidural Headache & How Can I Treat It? | Peanut

An epidural headache is called a post-dural puncture headache, and, good news, there is a treatment for it! Learn what causes them and what to do next.

Epidural Hematoma (EDH): Symptoms, Causes & Treatment

Overview ; An epidural hematoma (EDH) is a collection of blood between your skull and the dura mater, the thick membrane that covers your brain. Your brain has three membrane layers or coverings (called meninges) that lay between your bony skull and your brain tissue. The purpose of the meninges is to cover and protect your brain and spinal cord. The dura mater is the outermost meninges. If you have an EDH, you’ve likely had a tear in a blood vessel, usually an artery but sometimes a vein, and...

Post-dural Puncture Headache (PDPH): Symptoms and Treatment

Many people have an epidural or spinal injection for surgery or childbirth, and a portion of those people develop a post-dural puncture headache (PDPH).

Recent update on epidural blood patch

Conservative treatment for the first 24-48 h is considered the initial management strategy for headache (HA) attributed to low CSF pressure because more than 85% of such HAs resolve with...

Comparison of epidural saline placement and epidural blood placement in the trea

MeSH terms ; Blood* · Dura Mater · Headache / etiology · Headache / therapy* · Humans · Prospective Studies · Sodium Chloride / administration & dosage · Sodium Chloride / therapeutic use* · Spinal Puncture / adverse effects*

Spontaneous Intracranial Hypotension Treated with Epidural Blood Patch

서 론 ; 마취통증의학과 영역에서 체위성 두통은 척추 마취 후 또는 진단 목적으로 경막 천자 후 뇌척수액의 감소로 인해 발생하는 두통으로 잘 알려져 있으며, 치료로 임상증상에 따라 대증요법과 경막외 혈액봉합술이 시행되어 왔었다. 자발성 두개내 저압은 이러한 침습적인 시술이나 척추 수술 및 특별한 외상 없이, 체위성 두통을 주 증상으로 호소하는 질환으로, 두통 외에...

Transforaminal cervical blood patch for the treatment of post-dural puncture hea

A 40-yr-old woman received a series of three interlaminar epidural steroid injections for the treatment of axial neck pain secondary to degenerative disc disease. Immediately after her third inject...

Persistent post-dural-puncture headache treated with epidural infusion of dextra

A retrospective review was done on medical records of 13 patients with persistent post-dural-puncture headaches after one or more epidural blood patches. Headache occurred in nine patients with pos...

Effectiveness of Epidural Blood Patch in the Management of Post–Dural Puncture Headache | Anesthesiology

Background. Lumbar epidural blood patch (EBP) is a common treatment of post-dural puncture headache, but its effectiveness and mode of action remain a matter of debate. The aim of this study was to...

Epidural: What It Is, Procedure, Risks & Side Effects

Overview ; Epidural steroid injection (ESI). ; The concentration of the drug (how strong it is). ; To manage certain causes of back pain and other forms of chronic pain (through epidural steroid injections).