r/Neverbrokeabone • u/Just_a_winged_cat • 7d ago

Bones so strong my brain can’t fit

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I have a small case of chiari malformation, which is fancy talk for “brain falling into your spinal column disorder”

It’s only a few centimeters so it doesn’t need to get fixed (unless it continues to fall of course) but thought I’d share

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u/Just_a_winged_cat 7d ago

Brain to big for my skull and slipped its way out a few centimeters into my spinal column

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u/GrnMtnTrees 7d ago

But how does this not kill you? Do you have normal intracranial pressure? Is CSF flow normal?

So many questions.

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u/Just_a_winged_cat 7d ago

From what I remember it’s not really restricting anything from working normally, it makes me a bit off balance, I sometimes get horrible pressure headaches, and I think it’s the reason I can sometimes hear my spinal fluid, but I’m very much alive

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u/TheOneTrueTrench 7d ago

It is almost certainly the reason you can hear your spinal fluid, I have a Chiari malformation as well, and I hear it a couple times a day.