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Enoch Choi, MD - Family Medicine

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pressure in head

by hobbes469, Feb 06, 2008 03:06PM

When I had my son 2 yrs ago I keep getting head pressures I got a ct and mri done and came back good last year but now they to worse sometimes. I was woundering if that has to do with that I had an epurdial and could some of that fluid leek in to my brain .

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by Enoch Choi, MD

, Mar 20, 2008 10:52AM

To: hobbes469

CSF leak (spinal) headaches usually start sooner after the procedure and yours sound like they're quite long after.

Ask your doctor about other kinds of headaches such as migraine, cluster, stress

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by vic_m, Feb 06, 2008 09:00PM

To: hobbes469

post epidural headaches are a fairly common complication of epidural anaesthesia. it was probably explained to you when you decided to have it done.

they usually occur within 3 days and have been reported to occur for as long as 6 months. 2 years is a long time and i'd be thinking about other things at this point.

the epidural is no longer with you and was used by your body. the causes of post epidural headaches is quite a few.

by bigboy22, Jun 04, 2008 10:08PM

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