Woman’s Nose Leaks Brain Fluid For Four Months After Doctors Misdiagnose Rare Condition
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[quote]Aundrea Aragon’s nose leaked brain fluid for four months, a condition her doctor’s originally called allergies. According to Aragon when her nose wasn’t dripping out fluid it was “pouring out of my nose.”
The 35-year-old mother explains to ABC News:
[b]”If I looked down or bent over, it would literally pore out of the left side of my nose.[/b] I had no control at all.”
While doctor’s dismissed the mothers concerns it was eventually discovered that [b]her brain was leaking cerebrospinal fluid through two cracks in the back of her sphenoid sinus.[/b]
Had the condition went untreated for much longer Aundrea could have suffered from meningitis, fallen into a coma or quite possibly died.
Approximately 1 in 200,000 patients suffer from the spinal leak which requires surgery to repair.
According to doctors the loss of fluid isn’t the problem since we are always making more brain fluid, however it can be fatal because the nose is dirty and the brain is clean. As particles from the nose enter the brain diseases can spread and directly infect the brain.
To fix the problem surgeons used an endoscopic method to access the sinus passageways and fix two small sinus cracks. Surgeons grafted skin over the leaky spots which stop the problem. Before beginning the procedure surgeons injected dye into Aragon’s spinal fluid to find the location of the leak.
Aundrea was lucky to have modern medicine on her side, by using an endoscopic procedure doctors were able to avoid lifting her frontal lobes and then patching the leak from the belly of the brain.[/quote]
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Why would her nose leak brain fluid? Surely her brain leaks brain fluid. Misleading title.
[QUOTE]modern medicine[/QUOTE]
damn fucking right
originally i saw the title and laughed, but upon reading it - oh jesus, the poor woman. glad we can just fully fix stuff like this
[QUOTE=Midas22;38700381]Why would her nose leak brain fluid? Surely her brain leaks brain fluid. Misleading title.[/QUOTE]
No, not misleading at all. It's fairly obvious that brain fluid could reach the nose through some weird crack inside the head. It's descriptive, if anything.
This is the kind of disease cokeheads want
[editline]4th December 2012[/editline]
straight to da dome
I was sat home drinking brain fluid when Aundrea rang
'brain is leek'
'no'
and you?
That's pretty funny
[QUOTE=Midas22;38700381]Why would her nose leak brain fluid? Surely her brain leaks brain fluid. Misleading title.[/QUOTE]
Or you could read the article.
[QUOTE=Paramud;38700678]Or you could read the article.[/QUOTE]
I think he's just being a smart aleck
[QUOTE=Paramud;38700678]Or you could read the article.[/QUOTE]
Makes the title even more misleading as its not even brain fluid but actually spinal fluid. You're not trying very hard.
[quote]”If I looked down or bent over, it would literally [b]pore[/b] out of the left side of my nose. I had no control at all.”[/quote]
Looks like someone didn't proof read.
That's some crazy shit, at least it's fixed before it could get worse.
[QUOTE=Midas22;38702753]Makes the title even more misleading as its not even brain fluid but actually spinal fluid. You're not trying very hard.[/QUOTE]
cerebrospinal fluid
uh thats exactly what brain fluid is
[QUOTE=Midas22;38702753]Makes the title even more misleading as its not even brain fluid but actually spinal fluid. You're not trying very hard.[/QUOTE]
Maybe he's not trying very hard, but you are not trying at all.
It's like that feeling when you do a flip underwater
......but constantly
for hours
I read the title as BRAKE fluid for some reason. I was severely more concerned.
I had that happen to me but it was only a small leak and only once, really curious feeling.
It's pretty salty.
[QUOTE=Midas22;38700381]Why would her nose leak brain fluid? Surely her brain leaks brain fluid. Misleading title.[/QUOTE]
There's a fluid that surrounds your brain to keep it from being damaged in the event of a blow to the head, like a shock absorber.
Judging from your post you probably don't have any of it.
Her surname is almost like Aragorn!
Na its got spinal in the name so it must be from the spine guys
i've had a runny nose for about 2 weeks, now I'm paranoid about leaking brain fluid.
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[QUOTE=shrektheturd2;38706148]i've had a runny nose for about 2 weeks, now I'm paranoid about leaking brain fluid.[/QUOTE]
you have the nose disease you have to amputate (its easy) trust me im a doctorologist
lmao most hospitals and doctors offices have clear cut policies
if there is clear drainage from someone's nose you always check it for glucose (if there's glucose it's csf), it a really simple check too.
its also pretty easy to tell apart from snot
especially if its fucking pouring out
[editline]4th December 2012[/editline]
somebody really fucking dropped the ball here
[quote]Aundrea Aragon’s nose leaked brain fluid for four months, a condition her doctor’s originally called allergies.[/quote]
what an idiot doctor
you don't even need to go to med school, just fucking google it mr. doctor.
I may sound weird, but what's it taste like? Surely she had to have tasted of it on accident at least once.
[QUOTE=Irkalla;38707763]I may sound weird, but what's it taste like? Surely she had to have tasted of it on accident at least once.[/QUOTE]
[I]Gray's Anatomy[/I] states that it tastes salty if I remember correctly
Just checked and I was right
[quote]The cerebrospinal fluid is a clear limpid fluid, having a saltish taste, and a slightly alkaline reaction.[/quote]
[QUOTE=barttool;38700645]I was sat home drinking brain fluid when Aundrea rang
'brain is leek'
'no'
and you?[/QUOTE]
my favorite post of all time
printing it and framing it on my wall
brain fluid
no.
i[QUOTE=Muzz1;38707974]brain fluid
no.[/QUOTE]
cerebrospinal fluid envelops and cushions the brain in the cranial cavity so yes brain fluid everyone stop being stupid now thanks
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