[ConservativeMind]

Digital subtraction myelography (DSM) is the name of the “specialized CT scan,” but an MRI or a CT myelogram can greatly help pare down the possibilities.

DSM is available, but one would have to call around, it appears.

[ConservativeMind]

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[ProtectOurFreedom]

“Saggy brain”

Great. One more sagging thing to think about in old age.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: (Fully reversible dementia)

Looks like Joe Biden still has hope...

[Clutch Martin]

So my 20 minute mid afternoon power nap is a bad thing?

I started doing them a while back. I read an article that a 20 minute nap with a timer allows you to be fully refreshed without going into a deeper sleep state which will make you wake up groggy and usually is one of those two hour jobs.

So I started putting the timer on my phone on and laying on the floor with my feet up on the sofa and take a 20 minute nap, it’s just enough where the edge is off and I feel great.

[kelly4c]

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[the_Watchman]

Three years ago I went to the doctor for some odd symptoms which appeared to be a brain problem. They sent me for a cranial scan. The technician who performed the scan called me into an office at the lab and told me to immediately go to the hospital across the street.

They checked me in and kept me for diagnosis. After three days, two doctors could not agree about what was wrong. My wife prayed that they would send me home. Knowing that I had a major problem, they did send me home.

My wife got me an appointment with my GP the next day. He immediately suspected a CSF leak and called for a consult with Barrow’s clinic in town. (Phoenix) The doctor from Barrows gave him some simple tests to give, then made an appointment the next day.

By the time I got to Barrows, I was slipping into a comatose state. Barrows sent me to St. Josephs next door to them and scheduled scans the next day.

The scans showed that so much cranial fluid had leaked out that my brain was resting on bone. They located the spinal leak and sealed it so that my spinal fluid could replenish. My full recovery took about five months.

The take-aways for this story are that God arranged for a lot of things to line up so that my live was saved by the Barrows doctors. My GP said that the doctors at the first hospital were following standard protocols, which were inadequate. Protocols do not properly handle CSF leaks!

[Glinda Whatsit]

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[Nateman]

My theory for Alzheimer's is Aluminum poisoning. Before the 20th century pure Aluminum was more rare than gold. Only the very top people got the Aluminum plates when they dined with Napoleon. The rest had to dine off mere gold.

Because we all evolved from a low Aluminum environment its sudden abundance could easily be causing issues today.

[A_perfect_lady]

New? I saw an episode on Chicago Med years ago that was exactly this.

[mewzilla]

Again, interesting timing of this so-called new news...

Meningitis due to cerebrospinal fluid leak after nasal swab testing for COVID‐19

Cerebrospinal fluid leak following a COVID-19 nasopharyngeal swab

Cerebrospinal fluid leak post COVID-19 nasopharyngeal swab for a patient with idiopathic intracranial hypertension: a case report

So it's not just the damn jabs?!

It's idiots who don't know how to do a proper nasal swab test for CoupFlu that are a freaking menace to the public?!