It’s National Doctors’ Day! We are so grateful for the tireless efforts of the physicians on our medical advisory board to not only help diagnose and treat people living with spontaneous intracranial hypotension and spinal CSF leak, but to continually push...
Central nervous system manifestations Central nervous system complications from low CSF volume and pressure secondary to spinal CSF leak may or may not be directly related to the low CSF volume and pressure but are very frequently reported. These include: Cognitive...
Intracranial hypotension (low cerebrospinal fluid volume and pressure) from a spinal CSF leak is increasingly recognized as a cause of subdural fluid or blood collections such as subdural hygromas (a collection of fluid in subdural space) and subdural hematomas...
There are 12 pairs of cranial nerves that can be affected by the brain sag caused by spinal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak. Some cranial nerves are affected more commonly than others. Here are some of common symptoms, and the cranial nerves associated with them:...
Each day this week, we’ll be discussing some of the neurological symptoms and complications related to spinal cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) leak. Up first, by far the most common symptom (though not seen in every patient): Headache. The loss of CSF volume due to a leak...
In recent years, the awareness of spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) has increased such that more patients are being diagnosed correctly. But sadly, misdiagnosis remains the rule rather than the exception. Too many suffer for months, years, or even decades...
