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New page wikitext, after the edit (new_wikitext) | 'A martial arts instructor has been left with half a skull after a sinus infection spread around her brain. <br>Natasha Gunther, of San Francisco, was forced to have surgery to remove 5.5inches of bone (14cm) to stop a mass pressing against her brain. She claimed doctors told her she would be dead in a week without the surgery.<br>The 25-year-old is now urging people not to write off their cold-like symptoms as just a mild infection, and to see a specialist if they do not get better.<br>Ms Gunther's life-changing ordeal began in late 2021, when she wrote off her stuffy nose and blocked sinuses as just another infection.<br>The judo black belt was used to regularly getting ill from working with children, who she teaches martial arts to. But she became concerned when her condition did not improve, despite being given antibiotics from her doctor.<br>By December, Ms Gunther, who must now wear a helmet to protect her brain, was vomiting and suffering migraines, which prompted her family to pressure her to get a brain scan.<br>It revealed a mass inside her skull, which forced doctors to cut out part of the bone on the right side of her head to relieve pressure on the brain. <br> When she caught her sixth sinus infection in a year in late 2021 she thought nothing of it and got antibiotics to clear it.<br><br>But it only got worse. When she went for scans, [https://www.paramuspost.com/search.php?query=doctors%20discovered&type=all&mode=search&results=25 doctors discovered] it had spread into her head. A section of her skull was removed (pictured after surgery) likely to relieve pressure on the brain which can be fatal<br> Natasha Gunther, 25 (pictured before the operation), was used to regularly catching coughs and colds from working with children <br> The removed 14cm (5.5inch) area of her skull is now in a freezer, and doctors are planning to try and put it back in next month.<br><br>If this fails, they will insert a 3D-printed piece of metal to replace the bone<br> Ms Gunther remained in hospital for five weeks after surgery and had to learn how to speak again.<br>She will not be able to do some martial arts moves such as grappling — where you grip or seize your opponent — ever again. <br>The removed bone is being stored in a freezer, and Ms Gunther hopes to undergo an operation to refit it to her skull next month. <br> RELATED ARTICLES <br><br><br><br>Share this article<br>Share<br><br><br>additional reading</a> -' |