Injection into a patient's head

[greatshakes]

Hello

Just a general query. A carer took her client to the Doctors as the client had a really bad headache which was radiating from the neck upwards. The carer was told by the client that she had something injected into her head by her GP. Is this a common practice and what is the medication likely to be? I have seen photos in a book a a baby receiving medication into the scalp. (Could have been a form of chemo by catheter) I am really curious. What part of the head is used and what are the contra indications to this practice? The client was then placed in hospital and was to have tests.

[Sabby_NC]

Was it to the head or neck?

It may have been something like a facet block or an injection of depo medrol to ease any inflamation?

[morte, LPN, LVN]

maybe botox , used for tension/migraine h/a

[Sis123]

It could have been an injection of kenalog, a steroid, to reduce inflammation. Those shots can stop all migraines for about a month of sweet freedom. When I had that done, it was given deep in the back of the neck, just below the skull, into the muscles/tendons there, what what I could tell.

Botox can also be given, in teensy little shots usually above and between the eyebrows. Neurologists giving botox for migraine can use up to two whole vials on one person, which amounts to perhaps 35 or 40 shots in the head and neck. It worked great for me, and lasts almost exactly three months.

Of course the neurologist will start with the less invasive, least expensive therapies first and work their way up. Perhaps this person is hospitalized because they want to rule out other more acute problems first?

[prmenrs, RN]

".....I have seen photos in a book a a baby receiving medication into the scalp...."

Veins in a babies scalp are often used for IV infusions (fluids, electrolytes, antibiotics, and other substances given intravenously). I don't think this was the case in what you are describing.