During a lumbar puncture, a needle is inserted into the spinal canal. Samples of CSF are collected and later analyzed for color, blood cell counts, protein, glucose, and other substances. A portion of the sample may be cultured to promote the growth of infectious organisms, such as bacteria or fungi, to check for infection of the CSF. The pressure of the CSF also is measured during the test.

For those of you following the Jollarian health sage: OW MY FUCKING SPINE AND HEAD. I hadda get some super migraine pills called in tonight. Thank god for tylenol/caffiene/barbiturate combos. Nothing ever hit the spot like those bastards.

Lumbar Puncture

INDOCIN (INDOMETHACIN)

Indomethacin (Indocin) is an analgesic. It is classified as a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug. These are commonly referred to as NSAIDS. Other NSAIDS are also used as analgesics. Indomethacin can be used as a pain reliever or analgesic. It can also be used as a treatment for arthritis, fever or other conditions where inflammation plays a role in creating the symptoms.

Unlike steroids, the side effects with indomethacin are not as likely to be common or severe. The most common side effects include stomach upset, dizziness, diarrhea and tiredness. It may cause or worsen stomach ulcers. It can have effects on kidney and liver function when used chronically.

Some headaches such as episodic and chronic paroxysmal hemicrania are exclusively responsive to indomethacin. It is the medication of first choice in these types of headache. Indomethacin may also be helpful in headache related to physical stress or exertional headache. It has been shown to be effective in migraine both for prevention of migraine as well as treating the acute migraine attack.

National Headache Foundation: INDOCIN (INDOMETHACIN

BACKGROUND: The pathophysiology of the explosive type of headache associated with sexual activity is not completely understood. Five reported cases of patients with thunderclap headache, precipitated by sexual activity, in association with concomitant cerebral arterial narrowing, were found in the literature. METHODS: A 44-year-old woman with both coital and masturbatory headaches during orgasm associated with segmental reversible cerebral artery vasospasm was investigated. Cerebral anatomy and eventual spasm was documented by magnetic resonance imaging or digital angiography before, during, and after resolution of the orgasmic headache-vasospasm clinical manifestation. CONCLUSION: Findings of cerebral arterial narrowing, presented by some patients shortly after orgasmic headache attacks, support the hypothesis that segmental vasospasm may exert a role in the pathogenesis of this uncommon type of headache. The literature is reviewed, and possible mechanisms underlying the development of orgasmic headache are discussed.

Preventative treatment is propranolol and direct treatment of condition is with indomethacin.

Orgasmic Headache Vasospasm on Entrez Pubmed

Benign sex headaches are severe headaches that occur during an orgasm. Despite the name of this condition, benign sex headaches are often quite painful. This condition has been known to exist since the time of Hippocrates (about 460 B.C), but only during the 1970's was it formally addressed by K. Kritz. Other names for this condition are coital cephalalgia, orgasmic cephalagia, and benign coital headache. There are two kinds of benign sex headaches, the first being described as a sudden explosive pain in the head during the point of orgasm. Patients have described the feeling to be like a sudden blow to the head, to a sudden throb like pulses similar to a migraine. The other type is described as a pain that intensifies as the onset of orgasm nears. In some instances both types of benign sex headache occur, the first type occurring immediately after the second type. There have also been documented cases where standing up after coitus has produced headaches. This type of coital headache is relatively rare. It can last for several weeks, and lying down relieves the pain.

May you never, ever have cause to read this article. Oh my god the pain. Some of the worst I've ever experienced.

Benign Sex Headaches - 'Coital Cephalalgia' - UCSB's SexInfo

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Meditating does more than just feel good and calm you down, it makes you perform better – and alters the structure of your brain, researchers have found.

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They found that meditating actually increases the thickness of the cortex in areas involved in attention and sensory processing, such as the prefrontal cortex and the right anterior insula.

“You are exercising it while you meditate, and it gets bigger,” she says. The finding is in line with studies showing that accomplished musicians, athletes and linguists all have thickening in relevant areas of the cortex. It is further evidence, says Lazar, that yogis “aren’t just sitting there doing nothing".

The growth of the cortex is not due to the growth of new neurons, she points out, but results from wider blood vessels, more supporting structures such as glia and astrocytes, and increased branching and connections.

ADHD suckas, heal thyselves.

Meditation builds up the brain

The connection between this "off" feeling and possible neural and musculoskeletal injuries may not be immediately apparent to the employee or employer, since actual pain is rare at this early stage of injury. Over months, however, as inflammation worsens, chronic pain will eventually lead workers to seek clinical help.

While some employers might see the cytokine connection as a simple opportunity to slack off work, Barbe disagrees.

"Cytokines are self-protective," she says. "This undefined feeling of malaise may be telling the body to take some time off to heal, before things get worse."

Slacker or sick?

Piracetam (2-oxo-1-pyrrolidine acetamide) is the most well-known nootropic agent. The word nootropic comes from Greek noos (mind) and tropein (towards), and refers to a class of drugs which have common properties including enhancement of learning and memory, enhancement of the resistance of the brain towards chemical and physical injuries, and a general lack of stimulant or sedative properties or other side effects. Piracetam was the first compound discovered to have all of these properties, and became the prototypical nootropic which serves as the reference drug for newer nootropics. more...

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