"When it first started out, I just thought it was my allergies or a runny nose -- like the beginning of a fresh cold," Jackson said. The coughing, sneezing and runny nose began 2½ years after Jackson was involved in a serious car accident. In 2015, Jackson's "runny nose" began to worsen. A physician's assistant "astutely recognized right away that this was something different than a runny nose and was consistent with a CSF leak. "I used tissue from the inside of her nose to plug the leak," Barnes said.

Source: CNN May 08, 2018 21:00 UTC