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drainage of watery yellow fluid from nose

Friday while I was bent over blow-drying my hair, bright yellow fluid suddenly started dripping out of my nose.  It felt like a nose bleed and that's what I thought it was until I observed the color.  I had never seen any fluid that color come out of my body before.  The drainage was unilateral--left side only.  I made an appointment with my doctor but cannot see her until Tuesday.  Investigating a bit onlne I saw something that seemed similar--CSF leakages.  But I have had no brain injuries, only a recent cold.  My question is--is this probably what I think it is?  Do I need to be very concerned?  Should I insist on seeing the doctor sooner or go to emergency?  What should I do in the meantime?  It hasn't happened again since then.  I'm really feeling a bit scared.
Thanks so much
Heidi
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So now we're 5+ years down the road, what have you learned about this episode of yellow nasal drainage? I've had this happen to me twice in the last week and found your post.
Hope you are well.
John
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Right nose, yellow/clear fluid like florescent tracer dye. mine came with headache, stomach ache, severe tooth pain and dizzy. Was sick two weeks. Had head injury when a kid, not related.  Had spinal tap 4 years ago for viral meningitis and hole did not heal and spinal fluid leaked in my body that caused severe headaches. had to have blood patch to repair. so if your not suffering with major issues its got to be the pure state of the infection (yellow) that's left, surrounded by (white)blood cells that are finishing off the infection. but when it has too much white cell fighting, it drains itself and the root of the infection (pure yellow) leaks with it. after that my nose cleared up and am fine.
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The same thing happened to me in the middle of the night about a week ago, I woke up thought I was having a bloody nose my pillow was soaked with a watery fluid not much color. Then last night I couldn't sleep was just sitting no bending over, and felt like a horrible nose bleed, held my hands over my nose to get tissue and there was so much it was running out of my hands. Nothing but clear fluid with just a touch of yellow. It happened 4 or 5 times throughout the night. After I got a headache and felt as if I was drowning from all the fluids. Every week for the past month I have been getting spinal injections near the tailbone for another health issue. After the last 2 injections I had my husband wake me in the middle of the night due to the bed being soaked from the area of injection same color as the nose fluid, which started a few days later.
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Have any of you had blood noses that happens a few times a year for me As it happens a bout 5-6 times in the year the season does not really matter was concerned went to the doctor and  and she was not concerned, I fell like there is a small pimple or something that irritate so when I rub it  bleeds quite a bit
today however I was working when I was looking down and a yellow fluid no smell or taste just came out of my left nose, then about a couple of hours it happened again all about three times, never had this before. A few days ago I was having hayfever not too bad and did not take anything for it could it be related. In the last two or three weeks prior to this happening I noted a lymph node that hurts when I press, at the back of the year and that too is on the left side, went to the doctor for that he said t is just a lymph node nothing to worry must be fighting an infection.  the best part is I did not have a cold or cough, now this happens and I don't have a cold or cough either. My hands break into small blisters and they pop and it peels of and my skink becomes paper thin sometimes cracking this is only seasonal so could this be related.  I am worried
Thanks and God Bless  you all
hg
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Same yellowish watery fluid started to come out of my right nostril all of a sudden. Went to the toilet to blow my nose clear & a thicker yellow fluid came out later with a streak of blood perhaps.

Reading the comments above, now I think the tooth ache I felt two days in the morning was caused by this as well. Will see a doctor too. But this is for sure Sinus related infection.
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Does anybody have a cure for this or real cause,I feel extremely well and yesterday did have lots of vitamins but this is yellow fluid from my nose looks like highlighter yellow water.
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