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A member asked:

I had an epidural three months ago during labor and the spot still hurts some?

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Dr. Nikolaos Zacharias answered

Specializes in Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Not rare.: It is fairly common to have persistent low back pain after epidural.

Dr Villaplana and another doctor agreed

Answered 10/4/2016

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