The effects of a patient’s mental state on post-lumbar puncture headache

Abstract

Post-lumbar puncture headaches have a significant impact on the daily life of patients or participants in the study. Although factors such as sex, a young population, low BMI, and presence of chronic headaches a considered to be related to the symptom, the patho-mechanism is still unclear. From our clinical experience, we hypothesized that post-lumbar puncture headaches are associated with a patient’s mental state. The results indicated that the existence of mental disorders in patients may be associated with a low occurrence of post-lumbar headaches. Further studies using larger sample sizes are needed to confirm other factors including medication and patients conditions after lumbar puncture.