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Signs of Sinusitis

Contents
  1. Sinusitis: Introduction
  2. Symptoms of Sinusitis
  3. Tests to Confirm Diagnosis
  4. Home Diagnostic Testing
  5. Failure to Diagnose
  6. Alternative Diagnoses
  7. Misdiagnosis
  8. Complications
  9. More about Symptoms
  10. Article Excerpts
  11. Medical articles

Symptoms of Sinusitis

The list of medical symptoms mentioned in various sources for Sinusitis may include:

List of 45 Sinusitis Symptoms

Note that Sinusitis symptoms usually refers to various medical symptoms known to a patient, but the phrase Sinusitis signs may often refer to those signs that are only noticable by a doctor.

Signs or Symptoms of Sinusitis:

Sinusitis, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID (Excerpt)

You're coughing and sneezing and tired and achy. You think that you might be getting a cold. Later, when the medicines you've been taking to relieve the symptoms of the common cold are not working and you've now got a terrible headache, you finally drag yourself to the doctor. After listening to your history of symptoms, examining your face and forehead, and perhaps doing a sinus X-ray, the doctor says you have sinusitis. (Source: excerpt from Sinusitis, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)

Sinusitis, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID (Excerpt)

The location of your sinus pain depends on which sinus is affected.

  • Headache when you wake up in the morning is typical of a sinus problem.
  • Pain when your forehead over the frontal sinuses is touched may indicate that your frontal sinuses are inflammed.
  • Infection in the maxillary sinuses can cause your upper jaw and teeth to ache and your cheeks to become tender to the touch.
  • Since the ethmoid sinuses are near the tear ducts in the corner of the eyes, inflammation of these cavities often causes swelling of the eyelids and tissues around your eyes, and pain between your eyes. Ethmoid inflammation also can cause tenderness when the sides of your nose are touched, a loss of smell, and a stuffy nose.
  • Although the sphenoid sinuses are less frequently affected, infection in this area can cause earaches, neck pain, and deep aching at the top of your head.
Most people with sinusitis, however, have pain or tenderness in several locations, and their symptoms usually do not clearly indicate which sinuses are inflamed.

Other symptoms of sinusitis can include
  • Fever
  • Weakness
  • Tiredness
  • A cough that may be more severe at night
  • Runny nose (rhinitis) or nasal congestion
In addition, the drainage of mucus from the sphenoids or other sinuses down the back of your throat (postnasal drip) can cause you to have a sore throat. Mucus drainage also can irritate the membranes lining your larynx (upper windpipe). Not everyone with these symptoms, however, has sinusitis.

On rare occasions, acute sinusitis can result in brain infection and other serious complications. (Source: excerpt from Sinusitis, NIAID Fact Sheet: NIAID)

More Symptoms of Sinusitis:

More detailed symptom information may be found on the symptoms of Sinusitis article. In addition to the above medical information, to get a full picture of the possible signs or symptoms of this condition and also possibly the signs and symptoms of its related medical conditions, it may be necessary to examine symptoms that may be caused by:

Medical articles on signs and symptoms:

These general reference articles may be related to medical signs and symptoms of disease in general:

What are the signs of Sinusitis?

The phrase "signs of Sinusitis" should, strictly speaking, refer only to those signs and symptoms of Sinusitis that are not readily apparent to the patient. The word "symptoms of Sinusitis" is the more general meaning; see symptoms of Sinusitis.

The signs and symptom information on this page attempts to provide a list of some possible signs and symptoms of Sinusitis. This medical information about signs and symptoms for Sinusitis has been gathered from various sources, may not be fully accurate, and may not be the full list of Sinusitis signs or Sinusitis symptoms. Furthermore, signs and symptoms of Sinusitis may vary on an individual basis for each patient. Only your doctor can provide adequate diagnosis of any signs or symptoms and whether they are indeed Sinusitis symptoms.


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