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What Causes Spinal Pain And Abscess?
A few years ago I went to ER due to a severe migraine. The Dr. attempted to do a spinal tap. After an several failed attempts, at least 10. I refused to let him touch me and no fluid was collected. Since then I suffer from extremely painful recurrent episodes of what I believe is leaking spinal fluid collecting around the tailbone , traveling down into lower hip and thigh muscles sometimes causing abscesses. One episode the abscesses became infected with flesh eating MRSA and almost killed me. Of course for obvious reasons the hospital where this occurred disagrees with this notion. Any thoughts or advise would be greatly appreciated.
Mon, 23 Mar 2015
Hello. I have been through your question and understand your concern.
It is highly improbable that the failed spinal taps caused all this, though not impossible. But, it is impossible to prove this theory. A spinal MRI can definitely rule out any spinal dura damage, caused by the failed spinal taps, or can see if there is any damage.
Hope this helps.
Wish you the best health
It is highly improbable that the failed spinal taps caused all this, though not impossible. But, it is impossible to prove this theory. A spinal MRI can definitely rule out any spinal dura damage, caused by the failed spinal taps, or can see if there is any damage.
Hope this helps.
Wish you the best health
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