Health Organization for Pudendal Education

During a CT guided nerve Block the nerve on the left side was spiked and i felt a strong electrical pain weich led me
react and move against the needle. Thais happens 5 month ago
and since then the pain was stronger and I can not sit on my
special cushions as I was able before the infiltration.
Anyone having had the same experience?

I have the feeling the nerve on left side could be damaged.

Regards Alfredo

Sorry to respond to this so late, as I'm just seeing it. Did your pain from the pudendal block ever get better? It can be extra discouraging when a procedure that's meant to help ends up making things worse for a bit. I'm looking at getting a pudendal nerve block done, but I hesitate when I read stories like yours. I would be less worried if I knew that the increased pain eventually abated.

I genuinely hope you're feeling some relief.

Hi Andrew and Alfredo,

Although blocks (with both a numbing agent and a steroid) do seem to very often give people flares (they did me), I don't think long-term problems are common at all. In fact, I can't remember reading about that on here. I think my block-related flares usually lasted a few days. If it will just be diagnostic block, Andrew, you could ask them to skip the steroid. I've often wondered if that would reduce the likelihood of a flare.

April

I have known of several people who got worse long-term from nerve blocks but like April said it’s not common. I see nerve blocks as useful for diagnostic purposes but I don’t know of many people who had long term relief from them.