Pediatric Lumbar puncture
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You're dead wrong, had one in among the most renowned Children's hospitals in all of Canada at 15. Wasn't given so much as a Tylenol. Most excruciating, and horrific pain you will EVER feel in your life.
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Its a dangerto preform lumbar puncture in total anesthesia-
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IT ONLY LOOKS PAINFUL,THERE IS NO PAIN-The children and adults are given local anethetics. The procedure is as painful as a pin prick-if that.
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@NaHyiie it dosn't hurt that much.
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Because doctors don't care how much they hurt the child...
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Babies do have high white cell counts on the DOB. I had a baby with a high white cell count of a band nutrophil of 70% with toxic changes on her DOB. Although no proof of infection. She had Iv antibiotics started on DOB,23-28% 02 blow into a humidicrib. Without the use of a vent/cpap/cannula. High white cell count not present after DOB. She had 7 days of Iv/IM antibiotics & test results kept coming back as inconlcusive test results. Thank gosh she was stable & never needed a spinal tap
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@Thundralight, a nephew needed this done a year or so back with only a local anesthetic, pretty similar to what they did here. Poor kid ended up traumatized by the ordeal and needed counseling before he could set foot in a doctors office or hospital again. Agreed, it should be illegal to do this to children (or probably anyone) without general anesthetic.
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OMG!!!!! Poor poor kid. This has got to be one of the most distressing things I have ever allowed myself to see. One word.......WHY????????????
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when my brother waz a baby, this nurse wanted to do that to him (it wasn't even required, she just wanted to do it) and my dad said HELL no
Should put children to sleep. That hurt REALLY bad. At leasst , I think they put babies / younger children to sleep , though.
NaHyiie 3 years ago 7
This kid is crying his head off!! WHY IS HE AWAKE!! THIS IS NOT RIGHT!!
Yadiluv81 3 years ago 6