What is meant by lumbar puncture needle and is there any harm in lumbar puncture?

Lumbar puncture needle, also called lumbar puncture, is a commonly used test for neurological disorders.

The clinical significance of lumbar puncture includes.

I. It is a diagnostic puncture. To measure cerebrospinal fluid pressure, perform a compression neck test, and examine changes in cerebrospinal fluid composition. It is used for the diagnosis and differential diagnosis of neurological diseases, such as various meningitis and encephalitis, subarachnoid hemorrhage, meningeal carcinomatosis, demyelinating diseases, intracranial metastases, spinal cord lesions and Green-Barre syndrome.

Second, therapeutic puncture. Intrathecal injection of drugs may be given for treatment, such as cryptococcal meningitis, meningeal carcinomatosis, etc.; combined meningitis. Regular lumbar puncture to release inflammatory cerebrospinal, can reduce inflammatory irritation, arachnoid adhesions and prevent the occurrence of traffic hydrocephalus, subarachnoid hemorrhage. Hemorrhagic cerebrospinal fluid can be released to promote blood absorption, promote cerebrospinal fluid circulation and prevent the occurrence of hydrocephalus.