Talk:Post-dural-puncture headache

"Treatments" for Spinal Headache

Almost everyone who has suffered a spinal headache will tell you that analgesics do not even "touch" the pain, and I've never heard analgesics - including narcotics - described as an effective treatment for the condition. Indeed, I suffered a spinal headache after a spinal and after maxing my fentanyl pump in 5 minutes, there was absolutely no relief to be had.

In addition, I have never heard of caffeine being a remedy to a spinal headache. I think whoever included that nonsense is equating a spinal headache to a migraine, which is certainly not the case. For one, migraines are a primary condition, while spinal headaches are always secondary to a needle puncture or something similar. Caffeine cannot and does not alleviate the pressure and pain of a spinal headache because caffeine does nothing to "fill in" the hole causing the headache in the first place. There isn't a source for this assertion, anyway, which makes me think whoever added it thinks they suffered from a spinal headache and felt relief with caffeine, when in reality, they experienced a migraine.

There are two known and widely-accepted methods to ease or alleviate spinal headaches: to lay completely flat (which eases the pain) and to undergo a blood patch. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 173.50.46.206 (talk) 04:48, 1 December 2009 (UTC)

-- Ok, the blood patch did not work for me. At all. I seriously doubt it's "rare" for it not to work. My doctors didn't seem surprised when it didn't. I'd need some serious data to support the assertion that it's "rare". Can an actual doctor review this thing? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.193.220.82 (talk) 01:06, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

Reviews

In obstetric anaesthesia:

• Diagnosis and conservative management: doi:10.1016/j.ijoa.2018.12.006
• Blood patch: doi:10.1016/j.ijoa.2018.12.005

Could be used for updating. JFW | T@lk 19:33, 17 July 2019 (UTC)