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I would like help from a headache sufferer and someone who's had a lumbar puncture?
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See a neurologist: If you headaches started only after recent lp. Then it will be called post spinal tap headache. However if have had headaches for years or months then it is likely migraine. See a neurologist.
Answered 1/12/2014
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