Hi, I just found this forum and am hoping to get more answers. One day a few weeks ago my nose started dripping from one side. It started slowly and then got pretty heavy for a few days. I finally went to my GP thinking I just has some type of infection. An hour later I was sitting in an ENT's office where they collected a sample and then sent me off for a CT scan. A week later the test came back positive for cerebrospinal fluid. I had a spontaneous leak as I have had no traumas or surgeries that would have led to it.

I was told I was told there was a high risk of developing meningitis and that I needed surgery as soon as possible to patch the leak. I am now 2 weeks post surgery and on the drug acetazolamide. But I still have so many questions.

For one thing, a couple of days before the surgery I started having one to three drops a day from the other nostril. The doctor looked during surgery but did not see anything yet I am continuing to have the dripping. I may need to collect the fluid to be evaluated at some point to see if I have a second leak.

Has anybody had more than one spontaneous leak? If so, did it happen at the same time? Are you on this medication?

Any other insights would be great....