美國女子狂流鼻涕5年 最近才確診是腦液泄漏!

A Nebraska woman's complaints about a runny nose turned into a health nightmare.

內布拉斯加州一位婦女對流鼻涕的抱怨，最後成爲了健康的夢魘。

Kendra Jackson said she was given countless explanations for her runny nose -- from allergies to winter congestion -- before she was diagnosed with a brain fluid leak at Nebraska Medicine.

這位名叫肯德拉·傑克遜的女士表示，她在被內布拉斯加州醫學中心診斷出患有腦液泄漏之前，流鼻涕的原因得到過無數的解釋--從過敏到冬季充血。

The symptoms reportedly began following a 2013 car accident in which she hit her head on the dashboard.

據報道，這些症狀始於2013年的一起車禍後，當時她的頭部撞到了儀表盤上。

For years, the Omaha woman consulted doctor about her continuously runny nose and headaches, according to the hospital.

醫院方面透露，這位來自奧馬哈的女子多年來一直在找醫生諮詢她不斷流鼻涕和頭疼的問題。

"It was like a waterfall, continuously, and then it would run to the back of my throat," Jackson told KETV.

傑克遜向KETV新聞電視臺透露：“它就像瀑布一樣不停地流着，然後會流到我的喉嚨後面去。”

Like her physicians, Jackson initially thought she had a cold, but when the symptoms never alleviated, she knew something was wrong.

和她的醫生一樣，傑克遜最初也認爲她患了感冒，但當症狀沒有緩解的時候，她知道不對勁了。

"I couldn't sleep," she said. "I was like a zombie."

她表示：“我睡不着，我就像個殭屍。”

Earlier this year, she visited Nebraska Health where she was finally diagnosed with a cerebrospinal fluid leak. Doctors told Jackson there was approximately half a pint of brain fluid leaking out of her brain.

今年初她去了內布拉斯加州醫學中心，在那裏她最終被診斷爲腦脊液泄漏。醫生告訴傑克遜，大約有半品脫的腦液從她的大腦中流出來了。

If untreated, she could've developed life-threatening infections such as meningitis.

如果不治療，她可能會患上致命的感染病，比如腦膜炎。

Jackson underwent brain surgery a few weeks ago where doctors used her own fatty tissue to plug the leak.

幾周前傑克遜接受了腦部手術，醫生用她的脂肪組織堵住了泄露處。

Jackson said that she already is on the mend. "I don't have to carry around the tissue anymore and I'm getting some sleep," she said.

傑克遜表示，自己已經處於康復中了。她說：“我再也不用隨身帶着紙巾了，我也睡得着了。”