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A man from North Carolina said he ruined his family's Thanksgiving celebrations last year, when liquids flowed unexpectedly down the nose to end up at Christmas dinner.
Greg Phillpotts told the local television channel ABC 11 that he was meeting to celebrate the holidays and that he was struggling with a runny nose constantly when liquid escaped him.
"I was preparing a meal and I was standing in the kitchen and that was added to the ingredients – it ruined everything for dinner," Phillpotts said.
Mr. Phillpotts claimed that he had a runny nose, from time to time, for five years, but he had simply assumed that it was allergy.
"It could be anywhere in the plane, where you talk to someone and this (liquid) just flows out of your face," he said.
He called it his "annual allergy" and often turned to natural medicine to knock out his symptoms.
Previous doctors have diagnosed him with allergies to bronchitis and pneumonia.
After the Thanksgiving incident, Mr. Phillpotts finally had enough and made an appointment at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York in February.
It was there that he discovered that what was flowing from his nose was actually a brain fluid.
Dr. Alfred Iloreta found that Mr. Phillpotts was suffering from a defect in the region between the brain and the nose, called cerebrospinal fluid leak.
"It's the leakage of fluid that surrounds the brain to cushion it in the first place to protect it from shocks, trauma or something like that," said Dr. Alfred Iloreta.
According to the Cleveland Clinic, patients usually complain of a clear, watery fluid leaking from one side of the nose or ear.
The leak usually occurs when a patient nods or goes to work.
Headaches, vision changes and hearing loss may also be present.
He thought it was just allergies or even just a runny nose. It turned out he needed surgery. It's next door at 11am # ABC11 @MountSinaiNYC pic.twitter.com/Z5ZsU5s3G2
– Josh Chapin (@ JoshChapinABC11) November 16, 2018
Doctors advise people to be wary of a persistent runny nose in one nostril, a salty taste associated with this fluid and an associated intense headache.
Mr. Phillpotts underwent corrective surgery and stated that it was a "relief" to be able to breathe again suddenly.
"I was stuffing handkerchiefs into my nose," he said. "It became normal until February because I had cough all night,
"You're sitting here, you're a family member, you do not want to check if it's something that someone could easily fix."
This story was originally published on Fox News and has been republished here with permission.
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