Migraine Headache and Epidurals – Are They Connected?
I have received more than one communication from clients who have claimed that they received relief for their migraine headache by using my Migraine and Headache Relief program, where no other medication or remedy was able to help.
This is of course, always great feedback. Along with this feedback I noticed a pattern of women writing to me telling me they experienced migraine headache after receiving an epidural during childbirth.
This struck me as curious and after much study, most evidence points to there being no connection between migraine headaches and receiving an epidural.
Great, but if there’s no link why do so many women suffer from migraines after an epidural? Up to one percent of women report this problem. Many of these same women report having never had migraine headaches before.
It is very rare to encounter migraine headaches as an adult. Most have symptoms during late childhood or early adolescence.
What I did find in my review though is a situation known as a spinal headache. This happens when the protective layer of the brain, called the dura and spinal cord (which contains cerebrospinal fluid, or CSF) is punctured by a tiny needle in performing delivery of spinal anesthesia.
In one percent of cases, this tiny hole can allow CSF to drain enough for the brain to perceive it as pain. This headache actually has a technical term – post-dural puncture headache, or PDPH.
The symptoms of PDPH can include double vision, sensitivity to light, hearing problems, nausea and pain or stiffness in the neck. Do any of these symptoms seem amazingly similar to another condition?
That’s correct! The headache, while not precisely a migraine headache, still seems just like a headache.
This can also happen in one percent of epidural cases. While the incidence shouldn’t occur at all – there is no intentional puncture to the dura in epidurals, but it can happen accidentally.
While there’s no evidence of women with a history of migraines having a higher chance of a spinal headache, it can be especially hard to determine whether or not the headache is a migraine or a spinal headache.
The customary time to heal from a spinal headache is two to four days although many women have indicated symptoms lasting for months. Again, for those who have a history of migraines, this could be an actual migraine set off by lack of sleep and stress over a new baby.
Irrespective of your cause for migraine headache, I highly recommend my Migraine and Headache Relief program. It’s all natural, safe and the results are wonderful!
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Christian Goodman is a well known health researcher and author of several revolutionary natural health alternative methods. One of his recent breakthroughs is his natural migraine and headache program. You can learn more about Christian on his natural healthalternative blog.
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