Today is DAY 5 of Spinal CSF Leak Awareness Week. We will focus today on Causes and Classification of spinal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak, also known as intracranial hypotension. Causes There are 3 main causes of spinal CSF leak: • Medical procedures (lumbar...
Today is DAY 4 of Spinal CSF Leak Awareness Week. Our focus for today is on: Diagnosis of spinal Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak. For the majority of patients with spinal CSF leak, the diagnosis is missed entirely or delayed by months or years. Because this is...
Today is DAY 2 of Spinal CSF Leak Awareness Week. Our focus for today is: Symptoms of spinal cerbebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak. We will be covering other aspects of spinal CSF leak throughout the week. The most common symptom is a positional headache, worse when upright...
Today is DAY 1 of Spinal CSF Leak Awareness Week. Spinal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak is an important cause of new onset headache that can be very disabling. Importantly, it is treatable and can be curable with the correct diagnosis and with access to the right...
Landmarks across North America will support Spinal CSF Leak Foundation’s Leak Week with Purple lighting! Buildings and iconic landmarks in cities such as New York City, Philadelphia, Buffalo, Chicago, Cleveland, Atlanta, Miami and Toronto will be lit Purple during the...
During #leakweek which is February 26 thru March 4, 2017, we hosted a series of 3 expert Question and Answer sessions LIVE on our Facebook page. We were grateful to these 3 experts who graciously agreed to participate. Replays are available HERE
We are busy planning our very first Spinal CSF Leak Awareness Week. Save the date! February 26 - March 4, 2017 We'll be using #leakweek #spinalCSFleak and other hashtags. CLICK HERE for more info.