severe neck & head pain long term

[KILLYBING]

After having a lumbar puncture &  ct scan & being told all is clear apart from being diagnosed with having a 5th & 6th vertibra i have recently been experiencing the most horrendous headaches and neck pain sometimes it feels like all my muscles and tendons in my neck are tightening up and the pain gets worse of a night when trying to sleep more recently i have started to get a swelling sensation where my glands are and all my shoulder muscles are solid like rock and ache , massage and accupuncture have not worked im totallydisabled by the pain some days & the doctors have said because scans and blood tests are coming back normal on the head and spinal fluid that there's no diagnosis as such, i find this concerning and wonder why my lymph nodes are up on the base of my skull permanently i'd be grateful for any educated guesses.Sleep deprivation is getting me down & diazipam 10mg dont help me as i was given them.
Kind Regards
Billy King
P.S. Spent my birthday in A & E the other day as headaches and swelling in neck were causing me  so much pain.

[KILLYBING]

Dear Dr

Thank you for your reply & i will mention this to my consultant , my only doubt about this is that i had bad headaches for the first few days after the lumbar puncture but then that went and then a month later i started to get these really severe headaches lasting days, along with a very sore throat & a few lymph nodes sticking up and not going away as i said ive been blood tested and all bloods are normal.
If it is spontaneous intracranial hypotension would that happen weeks after and is the procedure the same as a lumbar puncture as i really do not like the thought of more spinal needles especially the anesthetic as that made me feel strange for a few days.
Be very grateful if you could give your thoughts.
Once again
Thank You

William

[Dr. Kokil Mathur]

Hi!
You probably have a spinal headache. This usually happens after spinal anesthesia, spinal taps, or spinal injuries. However in some people this happens without a cause. This is known as spontaneous intracranial hypotension.
A procedure called an epidural blood patch, if is successful, even temporarily, it generally means the patient does indeed have a spinal headache. A small amount of the patient’s own blood is injected into the space between the dura and the bony spine known as the epidural space. If this causes temporary or permanent cure of headache, the diagnosis of spontaneous intracranial hypotension is confirmed. Please consult your neurologist regarding this. Take care!

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