Woke up with water gushing out of my nostrils

[spidey567]

Hi there all,

Last night I woke up to the sensation that my nostrils were gushing out water. I woke up and sat up quickly, and leant over and water gushed out of my nostrils. This is the first time this has ever happened and was curious and worried as to why this had occured.

Thank you:)

[spidey567]

Ah, thank you for the reply! This makes sense now, my mum also said the same thing but I didn't really believe her...it was really scary though!
Thank you once again Caryopteris :)

[Caryopteris]

Startling as this is, it is a phenomenon that can occur from a cold virus.  I have had it happen about 3 times in my life, and have heard other people get it at about the same rate.  Usually you have a scratchy throat or other upper respiratory infection symptoms, but they are not very dramatic, so when suddeenly this fluid that seems thinner than water gushes with no notice, it feels like your brain is leaking spinal fluid out your nose.  Fortunately that is a rarer cause of fluid gushing from the nose!