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Month: August 2020

Posted on August 1, 2020

Video 11: Lumbar Puncture – Five days after

Five days after my spinal tap the high pressure headaches have returned. Here is a quick video on my experience on this day.

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This is a website, an open place for all those diagnosed, or who might be diagnosed, those who believe they might suffer from, and family members/carers of anyone with Pseudotumor Cerebri (PTC); also known as Benign Intracranial Hypertension (BIH) or Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IHH).

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