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quick3
07-21-2008, 05:49 AM
My mum had to have 3 lumber punches last night, can you tell what possible reason are for ghaving them?

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Fleurlur
07-25-2008, 02:49 PM
I think you mean lumbar puncture. It's when they take a sample of fluid from your spinal cord. There are lots of possible reasons, one of them is to check for signs of infection. I believe in healthy people our spinal cord fluid id clear, if it infected it is cloudy.





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