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A member asked:
Is it okay to have severe pain at the injection site of a lumbar puncture followed by leg weakness?
4 doctors weighed in across 2 answers
No, get evaluated: While the symptoms you describe may simply be a result of nerve root irritation, they may represent a hematoma- bleeding from the lumbar puncture site can put pressure on the nerve root or the spine itself. This can be extremely dangerous, and you should definitely get checked to rule out the possibility.
Answered 8/5/2012
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Not typical but: The injection may have been more of a spinal rather than an epidural giving you pain and the weakness or it could be a bleed (epidural hematoma) or a coincidental progression of the disc herniation . In any case, you need to be evaluated by your physician and may need a MRI if the symptoms are not improving.
Answered 6/10/2014
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