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Woman's running nose revealed to be leaking brain fluid

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For four months, doctors believed one Arizona woman’s running nose was allergies.  The truth turned out to be a much more horrifying scenario – brain fluid was leaking out of her nose. According to the University of Arizona department of surgery, whenever Aundrea Aragon bent over, clear liquid would run out of her nose. “I was scared to death and desperate,’’ Aragon said. “I knew it could not be allergies. The fluid would come out like a puddle. ’’ After she visited several doctors’, UA surgeons finally discovered two small cracks in the back of Aragon’s sphenoid sinus, which were caused by cerebral pressure.  The crack ultimately allowed cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) to stream through her nose. Although the human brain replaces brain fluid, the leak put Aragon at risk of developing meningitis, in which bacteria crawls through the brain, causing either a coma or death.

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For four months, doctors believed one Arizona woman’s running nose was allergies.  The truth turned out to be a much more horrifying scenario –brain fluid was leaking out of her nose

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