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You need the blood patch to stop the head pain. But I lay down for a while after the spinal tap and still had the terrible head pain. Whether you got the head pain because they didn't have you lie down for a while afterward, I don't know.
A Patient's Guide to Spinal Taps. What it is: A spinal tap is done to take a sample of spinal fluid and reading of the spinal fluid pressure. A spinal tap is also necessary if you are having a myelogram. The spinal tap is most commonly done to look for infection, cancers, and bleeding into the brain or spinal cord. What the test shows: A spinal tap is done in order to get a sample of the cerebrospinal fluid that surrounds the spinal cord.