Mason’s spinal CSF leak story

Mason’s spinal CSF leak story

Sep 17, 2020 | News, Patient Stories

Unlike most patients, who endure months or even years of misdiagnosis and unnecessary medications and testing, Mason benefitted from the quick-thinking actions of his long-time personal physician. Mason was 53 when his headache started. He had always been incredibly...

Positional headache not always a spinal CSF leak

Jun 4, 2015 | Commentary

What is a positional headache? The headache associated with intracranial hypotension (low fluid pressure inside the head) secondary to a spinal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak is usually positional—that is, it is head pain that is worse when upright but improved when...