Epidurals and Spinals... What are they?
| Want to know little about the anatomy where nerves carrying pain are situated in your body? When the uterus contracts, pain impulses travel from the uterus to the brain via nerves in the backbone. |
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| Epidural and spinal anesthesia involve placing local anesthetics within the backbone to block pain impulses originating from the uterus. |
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Next to your Backbone Anatomy |
