

Health Library
October 10, 2025
Question on this topic? Get an instant answer from August.
ʻO ka headache spinal kahi ʻano headache kikoʻī e ulu mai ana i ka leaka o ka wai spinal mai kāu canal spinal, maʻamau ma hope o kahi hana lapaʻau. Hana kēia i ka emi ʻana o ke kaomi a puni kou lolo a me kou spinal cord, e alakaʻi ana i ka ʻeha e ʻoi aku ka nui ke noho a kū ʻoe.
ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, hiki ke mālama ʻia nā headache spinal a hoʻoponopono pinepine ʻia iā lākou iho me ka mālama kūpono. ʻOiai hiki iā lākou ke manaʻo ikaika a hopohopo, hiki i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā mea e hana nei i kou kino ke kōkua iā ʻoe e hoʻokele i ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole a ʻike i ka wā e ʻimi ai i ke kōkua hou aku.
Hana ʻia ka headache spinal i ka leaka ʻana o ka wai cerebrospinal ma o kahi puka liʻiliʻi i loko o ka membrane pale e hoʻopuni ana i kāu spinal cord. Hoʻomaʻamaʻa maʻamau kēia wai i kou lolo a me kou spinal cord, e mālama ana i ke kaomi kūpaʻa i loko o kāu ʻōnaehana nerve.
Ke leaka aku kēia wai, emi nui ke kaomi. Poina loa kāu lolo i kekahi o kāna kākoʻo cushioning, kahi e hoʻoulu ai i ka ʻeha headache hiʻohiʻona. ʻO ka huaʻōlelo lapaʻau no kēia kūlana ʻo "post-dural puncture headache" no ka mea maʻamau ia ma hope o ka hoʻopili ʻia ʻana o ka dura mater (ka membrane waho paʻakikī).
Loaʻa i kēia ʻano headache kahi ʻano ʻokoʻa loa. Hoʻomaikaʻi nui ia ke moe ʻoe i lalo a ʻoi aku ka nui ke kū a noho ʻoe. ʻO kēia loli pili i ke kūlana ka hiʻohiʻona kī e kōkua ai i nā kauka e ʻike i ka headache spinal.
ʻO ka hōʻailona hōʻailona o ka headache spinal ka ʻeha nui e loli nui ana me kou kūlana. Ke moe ʻoe i lalo, hiki iā ʻoe ke manaʻo maikaʻi loa a i ʻole he ʻoluʻolu iki wale nō.
Eia nā hōʻailona nui āu e ʻike ai:
ʻIke kekahi poʻe i nā hōʻailona ʻaʻole maʻamau e like me ka ʻike ʻole, nā loli lohe, a i ʻole ka manaʻo piha i nā pepeiao. Hiki i ka ikaika ke hele mai ka ʻoluʻolu ʻole i ka hōʻino, e paʻakikī ai ka hana ʻana i nā hana maʻamau ke kū pololei.
Hoʻomohala ʻia nā headache spinal ke loaʻa ka waimaka a i ʻole ka puka i loko o ka dura mater, e ʻae ana i ka wai cerebrospinal e leaka aku. Hana pinepine ʻia kēia i nā hana lapaʻau e pili ana i ka hoʻokomo ʻana i kahi nila i loko o kāu canal spinal.
ʻO nā kumu pinepine loa:
ʻAʻole pinepine, hiki i nā headache spinal ke hana kūʻokoʻa me ka ʻole o kahi hana lapaʻau. Hiki paha kēia ma muli o ka hoʻoikaika koke, ka ʻōhū nui, a i ʻole ka hōʻino iki e hana i ka kaomi lawa e haehae i ka dura mater.
I nā hihia kakaikahi, hiki i kekahi mau maʻi connective tissue a i ʻole nā pilikia clotting koko ke hoʻonui i kekahi kanaka i ka leaka wai spinal kūʻokoʻa. Eia naʻe, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā headache spinal e pili pono ana i nā hana lapaʻau.
Pono ʻoe e hoʻokaʻaʻike i kāu mea mālama ola inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi headache positional nui i loko o kekahi mau lā o ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi hana spinal. Mai ho'āʻo e hoʻomanawanui, ʻoiai hiki i ka mālama koke ke pale aku i nā pilikia a hāʻawi i ka hoʻomaha nui.
E ʻimi i ka mālama lapaʻau koke inā ʻike ʻoe i kekahi o kēia mau hōʻailona hōʻailona:
ʻOiai me ka ʻole o kēia mau hōʻailona koʻikoʻi, pono ke kāhea aku i kāu kauka inā nui loa kāu headache e hoʻopilikia i ka ʻai ʻana, ka inu ʻana, a i ʻole nā hana kumu. ʻO ka mālama mua e alakaʻi pinepine i ka hoʻōla wikiwiki a me nā hopena maikaʻi.
ʻOiai ka hapa nui o nā headache spinal e hoʻoponopono ʻia me ka ʻole o nā pilikia mau loa, hiki i ka waiho ʻana iā lākou me ka mālama ʻole ke alakaʻi i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi. ʻO ka ʻoiaʻiʻo maikaʻi, he kakaikahi kēia mau pilikia ke hāʻawi ʻia ka mālama kūpono.
ʻO nā pilikia hiki ke loaʻa:
He mea maʻamau ʻole kēia mau pilikia koʻikoʻi, ʻoi aku hoʻi me ka mālama lapaʻau koke. Hoʻōla piha ka hapa nui o nā kānaka e loaʻa ana i ka mālama kūpono i loko o kekahi mau lā a i ʻole nā wiki me ka ʻole o nā hopena lōʻihi.
Ke hilinaʻi nui nei ka hōʻoia ʻana i ka headache spinal i kāu mau hōʻailona a me ka mōʻaukala lapaʻau, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā ua loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi hana spinal i kēia manawa. E nīnau ka kauka i nā nīnau kikoʻī e pili ana i ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ka headache a pehea ka pane ʻana i nā loli kūlana.
He mea pololei pinepine ka hōʻoia ke loaʻa iā ʻoe ke ʻano maʻamau o ka headache nui e hoʻomaikaʻi ke moe i lalo a ʻoi aku ka nui ke kū pololei. E hana pū kekahi kāu mea mālama ola i kahi hoʻokolohua kino e nānā i ka paʻakikī ʻāʻī, nā hōʻailona neurological, a me nā hōʻailona o nā pilikia.
I kekahi mau hihia, pono paha nā hoʻokolohua hou aku, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā ʻaʻole maopopo ka hōʻoia a i ʻole nā pilikia i manaʻo ʻia. Hiki i kēia ke komo pū me nā MRI scans e ʻike i ka lolo a me ka spinal cord, a i ʻole nā kiʻi kūikawā e ʻike i nā leaka wai spinal.
Ke kau nei ka lapaʻau no nā headache spinal i ka pani ʻana i ka leaka a me ka hoʻokele ʻana i kou ʻeha ʻoiai e hoʻōla ana kou kino. Ke hilinaʻi nei ke ala i ka nui o kou mau hōʻailona a pehea ka lōʻihi o kou loaʻa ʻana iā lākou.
ʻO nā koho lapaʻau mālama e komo pū me:
Inā ʻaʻole hāʻawi ka mālama mālama i ka hoʻomaha i loko o 24-48 mau hola, hiki i kāu kauka ke ʻōlelo aku i kahi epidural blood patch. Hoʻokomo kēia hana i kahi liʻiliʻi o kou koko ponoʻī kokoke i ka wahi leaka, kahi e hoʻopaʻa ai a pani i ka puka.
He mea maikaʻi loa ka blood patch, e hāʻawi ana i ka hoʻomaha i kahi 90% o nā hihia. I nā hihia kakaikahi kahi ʻaʻole hana nā blood patches he nui, pono paha ka hoʻoponopono ʻoki kino, ʻoiai he mea maʻamau ʻole kēia.
ʻOiai pono pinepine ka mālama lapaʻau, aia kekahi mau mea āu e hiki ai ke hana ma ka home e kōkua i ka hoʻokele ʻana i kāu mau hōʻailona a kākoʻo i kāu hoʻōla. Hana maikaʻi kēia mau ana me ka hui pū ʻana, ʻaʻole ma kahi o, ka mālama lapaʻau ʻoihana.
Eia nā mea āu e hiki ai ke hana e kōkua iā ʻoe iho e ʻoluʻolu:
E hoʻomanaʻo he mau hoʻonā manawa wale nō kēia mau ana home ʻoiai ʻoe e kali ana no ka loiloi lapaʻau a i ʻole ka mālama. Mai hoʻokaʻulua i ka ʻimi ʻana i ke kōkua ʻoihana inā koʻikoʻi a ʻoi aku paha kāu mau hōʻailona.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke kāpae loa i ka pilikia o nā headache spinal, hiki i kekahi mau ʻenehana a me nā palekana ke hoʻemi nui i kou manawa e loaʻa ai kekahi. Ke kau nei ka hapa nui o nā hoʻolālā palekana i nā ʻaoʻao ʻenehana o nā hana spinal.
Hiki i nā mea mālama ola ke hoʻemi i ka pilikia ma:
Inā hoʻonohonoho ʻia ʻoe no kahi hana spinal, e kūkākūkā i kāu mau mea pilikia me kāu hui mālama ola ma mua. Hiki iā lākou ke hoʻoponopono i kā lākou ala e pili ana i kou kūlana pilikino a lawe i nā palekana hou aku inā ʻoi aku ka nui o kou pilikia.
Hiki i ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana no kāu hālāwai ke kōkua i ka hōʻoia ʻana e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mālama maikaʻi loa no kāu headache spinal. E kōkua ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ʻike kūpono i kāu kauka e hana i kahi hōʻoia a me ka hoʻolālā mālama pololei.
Ma mua o kāu kipa, e hōʻiliʻili i kēia ʻike nui:
E kākau i nā nīnau kikoʻī āu e makemake ai e nīnau, e like me nā koho lapaʻau, ka manawa hoʻōla i manaʻo ʻia, a me nā palena hana. Hiki ke kōkua ka loaʻa ʻana o kahi lālā ʻohana a hoaaloha paha e hele pū me ʻoe, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā paʻakikī kāu headache i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻana i ka wā hālāwai.
ʻO nā headache spinal kahi kūlana hiki ke mālama ʻia, ʻoiai he mea ʻoluʻolu ʻole, maʻamau e hoʻoponopono ʻia me ka mālama lapaʻau kūpono. ʻO ke ʻano kūikawā o ka ʻeha pili i ke kūlana e maʻalahi ai ka hōʻoia ʻana iā lākou ke hana ma hope o nā hana spinal.
ʻO ka mea nui loa e hoʻomanaʻo ai, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e hoʻomanawanui i kēia ʻano headache. Loaʻa nā mālama maikaʻi, mai nā ana mālama a i nā hana holomua e like me nā epidural blood patches.
Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā headache positional nui ma hope o kekahi hana spinal, e hoʻokaʻaʻike koke i kāu mea mālama ola. ʻAʻole wale ka mālama mua e hāʻawi i ka hoʻomaha wikiwiki, akā e kōkua pū kekahi i ka pale ʻana i nā pilikia hiki ke loaʻa. Me ka mālama kūpono, hoʻōla piha ka hapa nui o nā kānaka a hiki ke hoʻi i kā lākou mau hana maʻamau i loko o kekahi mau lā a i ʻole nā wiki.
Hiki i nā headache spinal i mālama ʻole ʻia ke mau mai kekahi mau lā a i kekahi mau wiki, ʻoiai ka hapa nui e hoʻomaikaʻi i loko o 5-7 mau lā i ka hoʻōla mālie ʻana o ka leaka iā ia iho. Eia naʻe, ʻo ka kali ʻana no ka hoʻōla kūlohelohe ʻo ia ka hoʻomanawanui ʻana i ka ʻeha nui a me nā pilikia hiki ke loaʻa, ʻo ia ke kumu i ʻōlelo nui ʻia ai ka mālama lapaʻau.
ʻAʻole maʻamau ka hoʻoikaika kino a me ka hana i ka wā e loaʻa ai ka headache spinal, ʻoiai hiki i nā kūlana kū pololei a me ka hoʻoikaika ke hoʻonui i nā hōʻailona a hoʻopaneʻe paha i ka hoʻōla. ʻŌlelo ka hapa nui o nā kauka e noho moe i kahi kūlana moe a hiki i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka headache a i ʻole e loaʻa iā ʻoe ka mālama maopopo e like me kahi blood patch.
He mea palekana maʻamau nā lāʻau ʻeha ma luna o ka counter e like me acetaminophen a me ibuprofen a hiki ke hāʻawi i kekahi hoʻomaha no nā headache spinal. Eia naʻe, ʻaʻole pinepine lākou e kāpae loa i ka ʻeha ʻoiai ʻaʻole lākou e hoʻoponopono i ka leaka wai ma lalo. E nīnau mau i kāu mea mālama ola ma mua o ka lawe ʻana i nā lāʻau, ʻoi aku hoʻi inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā kūlana lapaʻau ʻē aʻe.
Hiki ke hana ʻia ka hapa nui o nā mālama headache spinal, me nā epidural blood patches, ma ke ʻano outpatient me ka ʻole o ka pono o kahi noho haukapila i ka pō. Maʻamau ʻoe e nānā ʻia no kekahi mau hola ma hope o ka hana e hōʻoia i ka hana maikaʻi, a laila hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻi i ka home e hoʻomau i kāu hoʻōla.
ʻAe, inā loaʻa iā ʻoe hoʻokahi headache spinal, hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa ka pilikia kiʻekiʻe iki no ka loaʻa ʻana o kekahi inā pono ʻoe i nā hana spinal hou aku. Eia naʻe, hiki i kāu hui mālama ola ke lawe i nā palekana hou aku a hoʻohana i nā ʻenehana i hoʻolālā ʻia e hoʻemi i kēia pilikia ma muli o kāu ʻike mua.
6Mpeople
Get clear medical guidance
on symptoms, medications, and lab reports.