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#3. I had a spinal tap, done in an ER setting, and it went much better than I would have thought. There was no pain involved at all, just a funny bone sensation shooting down one leg into the feet, and it only lasts for a second, at the very end of the procedure.
What Is a Spinal Tap? One test for epilepsy is a spinal tap (also called a lumbar puncture). This is a procedure in which fluid surrounding the spinal cord (called the cerebrospinal fluid or CSF) is withdrawn through a needle and examined in a lab. Why Is a Spinal Tap Performed? A spinal tap may be performed to rule out infections such as meningitis or encephalitis as the cause of epileptic seizures. Besides being used for epilepsy, testing the CSF can help in the diagnosis of disorders of the chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy, central nervous system that may involve the brain, spinal cord, or their coverings (the meninges).