Symptoms of cerebrospinal fluid leakage

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A friend of mine has a headache, cough and fever. There is red fluid flowing out of his ear canal. Sometimes he has some strange symptoms. When he goes to the hospital, he is diagnosed with cerebrospinal fluid leakage. It sounds too frightening. My family are scared. I have no idea about this disease. People's brain is full of cerebrospinal fluid. Under normal circumstances, cerebrospinal fluid is constantly generated and absorbed, Once the meninges are damaged, because the skull base is connected with the middle ear and nasal cavity, the cerebrospinal fluid will flow into the sinus cavity through the damaged area. If it flows out through the external auditory canal, it is cerebrospinal fluid otorrhea. If it flows out from the nasal cavity through the nasal sinus, it will form cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea. Tell us about the symptoms of cerebrospinal fluid leakage.

Symptoms of cerebrospinal fluid leakage

Cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea is more common in anterior fossa fractures. Acute patients often have bloody fluid overflowing from the nasal cavity, orbital subcutaneous blood stasis (commonly known as panda eye), subocular conjunctival hemorrhage, and may be accompanied by loss or decline of olfactory sense. Occasionally, the optic nerve or oculomotor nerve is injured.

Delayed cerebrospinal fluid rhinorrhea is often in the anterior cranial fossa fracture after the length of the period, due to a sudden cough, force caused by a sudden increase in intracranial pressure, so that the meninges rupture, leakage of liquid for clear cerebrospinal fluid.

Generally, the leakage increases when the patient sits up and hangs his head, and stops when he lies on his back. Because the liquid flows to the posterior nostril and hypopharynx when he lies on his back, or accumulates in the sphenoid sinus and other paranasal sinus cavities, this kind of patients have more discharge when they get up in the morning.

matters needing attention

Patients must remember that usually try not to eat spicy food, diet must be light, can eat more fruit. Patients must pay attention to personal hygiene, to avoid a cold, I wish you health and happiness Oh.