Man, 20, with constant runny nose discovers his brain was poking out and ‘leaking’

DEALING with a runny nose can feel relentless. No matter how many tissues you go through, sometimes it just keeps on coming. 2 An MRI scan reveals brain tissue (on the left) protruding through the skull into the nasal cavity Credit: Journal of Medical Case Reports 2 The young man had suffered from a runny nose for six years Credit: Getty For one 20-year-old man, this was his reality for six years - until doctors discovered the 'snot ' wasn’t snot at all, but brain fluid leaking from his skull.

The unidentified man from Syria had been battling a constant runny nose , along with headaches and seizures, ever since a head injury . What he thought was simply a cold symptom turned out to be cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) - a clear fluid protecting the brain and spine. He also had a portion of his brain protruding from the top of his nose.

Read more case reports FISHED OUT Man who stuck 26-inch eel up his bum ends up in hospital after it BITES way out RARE CASE Girl, 12, was unable to wear shoes and struggled to walk due to giant big toe The trouble started after the patient was in a car accident six years earlier. Despite sustaining a head injury which left him suffering headaches, seizures and clear snot constantly streaming from his nose, he chose not to seek medical treatment. After conducting brain scans, doctors diagnosed the man with traumatic encephalocele - a condition where brain matter escapes through openings in the skull, in this case, the nasal cavity.

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