Aundrea Aragon, a 35-year-old woman from Tucson, Arizona suffered for almost four months from a clear liquid running through her nose each time she bent over which doctors diagnosed as an allergy but was actually a cerebral spinal fluid (CSF) leak according to National Monitor.
Months later, after several visits to different doctors, surgeons from the University of Arizona identified the cause of the leak being two cracks in her sphenoid sinus. Surgeons assured her to be least worried as the brain is capable of producing fluid continuously. But usually the crack in the sphenoid sinus increases the risk of infections resulting in coma or even death.
"It wasn't even dripping, it was pouring out of my nose," said Aragon in a report from ABC news. "If I looked down or bent over, it would literally pore out of the left side of my nose. I had no control at all."
Aragon was in a state of shock when learned about the seriousness of the problem. "I am still kind of in shock," said Aragon, who had surgery at the University of Arizona Medical Center in October, according to ABC news. "I was very fortunate. They said I could get meningitis and go into a coma and die."
Cerebral spinal fluid leak is a very rare case where one in 100,000 or 200,000 patients are prone to the condition, according to Aragon's surgeon, Dr. Alexander G. Chiu, chief of the division of otolaryngology, in ABC news report.
Usually the surgery to fix this condition is invasive and results is painful and long recovery along with side effects through craniotomy, whereas an endoscopic procedure was performed through Aragon's nose to locate the cracks and then was repaired using a small amount of her belly fat and her nose tissues.
This process used eliminated the risk of side effects and also a long and painful recovery. Also this is more effective kind of surgery which is successful in 95 to 99 percent of cases compared to the other form of surgery done through craniotomy which is only 60 percent successful, says Chui in a report by ABC news.
Aragon was grateful after her surgery performed in the best way possible and she is recovering well as doctors say. She posted through her Facebook account 1st October with a lot of gratitude for her successful surgery.
"I am so grateful to them for everything they have done for us,'' said Aragon. "I had great care from a great staff. I'm here, and I am grateful I can take care of my kids."
