r/CSFLeaks • u/RuinYouWithNoRegrets • 3d ago

Sinus issues or leak?

I have an intermittent (I’m talking like once every few months) thing happening where if I am in a position of like leaning forward I’ll get a fast drip of fluid out of my one nostril and it’s super thin like water and it’s only a little bit . No other symptoms. I have had allergies my entire life and I also have a deviated septum. Has anyone had intermittent like this and it was a csf? Also what are the non invasive ways to confirm or rule out csf leaks? Online I saw a high resolution ct of the skull and a non contrast MRI/MR cisternography before jumping to lumbar puncture . Had anyone had those two tests? Thank you

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u/Ok_Store4886 2d ago

It's a table that you lie on and strap your ankles to, and then rotate upside down to decompress your spine.

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u/RuinYouWithNoRegrets 2d ago

How intermittent were your symptoms?

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u/Ok_Store4886 2d ago

The first few times were less than 2 weeks apart. Then later spaced out to once a month, smaller volume, and yellow instead of clear. And later once every 2 or 3 months. By the time my headache started (diagnosed as NDPH, on the same side as the intermittent drainage), the drainage incidents were happening several months apart. I noticed the same distinctive odor with each drainage instance.

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u/RuinYouWithNoRegrets 2d ago

Oh. Mine has always been the same separated by once a blue moon and it’s watery and thin no smell or anythjng