leakweek 2018 – day 5

March 8, 2018News

This is Day 5 of #leakweek 2018 – because your dura maters℠

Spinal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak is an under-diagnosed cause of disabling daily headache with other neurological symptoms and complications that can happen to anyone. A spinal CSF leak is treatable, BUT ONLY if the correct diagnosis is made. The tagline – because your dura maters℠ – highlights the TREATABLE aspect of this often very disabling neurological disorder. Many patients, although not all, can be cured.

Could YOUR daily headache be due to a spinal CSF leak? Could you be cured?

Because spinal CSF leak is unfamiliar to most physicians, it is often misdiagnosed. Patients can suffer for months, years or decades with the wrong diagnosis and the wrong treatments. Medications rarely help. The most common symptom of headache is often much worse when upright, so patients may have limited ability to function normally while upright. The degree of DISABILITY varies from mild to profound.

Our primary goal of Leak Week is to raise awareness so that more patients might be correctly diagnosed and treated.

Please share our #leakweek 2018 factsheet

Line-up for today:

>>> Scott Lamar of SmartTalk with WITF will have Dr. Connie Deline on the show between 9 and 10 am, in the latter part of the show. You can find the link HERE

>>> Then, you won’t want to miss details of a recent interview with Linda Gray-Leithe, neuroradiologist and spinal CSF leak expert from Duke University Medical Center.

Today is Wear Purple Day to raise awareness about #spinalCSFleak