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Causes of Sinusitis

This section discusses 317 medical conditions causing Sinusitis. A simple discussion of these causes with additional information is below.

Causes of Sinusitis:

The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Sinusitis. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms.

Causes of Sinusitis listed in Disease Database:

Other medical conditions listed in the Disease Database as possible causes of Sinusitis as a symptom include:

- (Source - Diseases Database)

Conditions listing medical symptoms: Sinusitis:

The following list of conditions have 'Sinusitis' or similar listed as a symptom in our database. This computer-generated list may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

A

  • Acromegaly ... enlarged sinuses
  • Acute erythroleukemia ... sinus infections
  • Adenovirus-related Cold ... sinus swelling
  • Adult Cystic Fibrosis ... sinusitis
  • Airborne allergy ... sinus pain
  • Aureobasidium pullulans exposure ... sinusitis

    B

  • Barotrauma ... sinus pain

    C

  • Chediak-Higashi Syndrome ... sinus infections
  • Chlamydia pneumoniae ... sinusitis
  • Chronic Sinusitis ... sinus pain, tenderness over sinus region
  • Common cold ... sinus swelling
  • Common Variable Immunodeficiency ... sinus infections, recurring sinus infections
  • Coronavirus-related Cold ... sinus swelling
  • Coxsackievirus-related Cold ... sinus swelling

    D

  • Defective expression of HLA class 1 ... chronic sinusitis
  • Delayed Viral Syndromes ... Sinusitis
  • Deviated Septum ... Sinus Pain, Sinusitis
  • Dextrocardia-bronchiectasis-sinusitis ... sinusitis
  • Drug-resistant Streptococcus Pneumoniae Disease ... sinusitis
  • Dysbarism ... sinus pain

    E

  • Eagle's syndrome ... sinusitis
  • Echovirus-related Cold ... sinus swelling
  • Encephalitozoon cuniculi infection ... sinusitis
  • Enterovirus-related Cold ... sinus swelling
  • Eustachian tube disorders ... Sinusitis

    F

  • Felty Syndrome ... sinusitis
  • Food Additive Adverse reaction - chocolate ... sinusitis
  • Food Additive Adverse reaction - sulphite ... sinusitis
  • Food Additive Allergy ... sinus pain
  • Food Additive Allergy - amaranth ... sinus pain
  • Food Additive Allergy - Annatto ... sinus pain
  • Food Additive Allergy - antioxidants ... sinus pain
  • Food Additive Allergy - benzoate ... sinus pain
  • Food Additive Allergy - BHA antioxidants ... sinus pain
  • Food Additive Allergy - BHT antioxidants ... sinus pain
  • Food Additive Allergy - carageenan gum ... sinus pain
  • Food Additive Allergy - Carmine ... sinus pain
  • Food Additive Allergy - erythrosine ... sinus pain
  • Food Additive Allergy - guar gum ... sinus pain
  • Food Additive Allergy - gum ... sinus pain
  • Food Additive Allergy - gum acacia ... sinus pain
  • Food Additive Allergy - gum tragacanth ... sinus pain
  • Food Additive Allergy - lecithin ... sinus pain
  • Food Additive Allergy - locust bean gum ... sinus pain
  • Food Additive Allergy - quinoline yellow ... sinus pain
  • Food Additive Allergy - saffron ... sinus pain
  • Food Additive Allergy - salicytes ... sinus pain
  • Food Additive Allergy - sulphite ... sinus pain
  • Food Additive Allergy - sulphite derivative ... sinus pain
  • Food Additive Allergy - sunset yellow ... sinus pain
  • Food Additive Allergy - tartrazine ... sinus pain
  • Food Additive Allergy - xanthan gum ... sinus pain
  • Food allergies ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - abalone ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - almond ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - aniseed ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - apple ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - apricot ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - avocado ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - banana ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - barley ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - bean ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - beef ... sinus pain, sinusitis
  • Food Allergy - beer ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - bell pepper ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - brazil nut ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - buckwheat ... sinus pain, sinusitis
  • Food Allergy - cabbage ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - carp ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - carrot ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - cashew ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - castor bean ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - celery ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - chamomile tea ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - cherry ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - chestnut ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - chick pea ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - chicken meat ... sinus pain, sinusitis
  • Food Allergy - cinnamon ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - coconut ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - codfish ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - Coriander ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - crab ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - crayfish ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - cumin ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - date palm ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - duck meat ... sinus pain, sinusitis
  • Food Allergy - fennel ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - fish ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - frog ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - fruit ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - garbanzo (legume) ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - garlic ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - goose meat ... sinus pain, sinusitis
  • Food Allergy - hazelnut ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - hops ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - kidney bean ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - kiwi fruit ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - lamb ... sinus pain, sinusitis
  • Food Allergy - lentil ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - lettuce ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - lima bean ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - Linden tea ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - lobster ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - lychee ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - mackerel ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - mango ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - meat ... sinus pain, sinusitis
  • Food Allergy - melon ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - milk ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - mollusk ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - MSG ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - mussel ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - mustard leaf ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - oat ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - olive ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - oranges ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - papaya ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - paprika ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - parsley ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - pea ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - peach ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - peanuts ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - pear ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - pecan ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - pine nut ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - pineapple ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - plantain ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - plum ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - pomegranates ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - pork ... sinus pain, sinusitis
  • Food Allergy - potato ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - pumpkin ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - Quorn ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - red meat ... sinus pain, sinusitis
  • Food Allergy - rice ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - rye ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - salmon ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - scallop ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - sesame ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - shellfish ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - shrimp ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - snail ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - soy ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - soybean ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - spices ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - strawberry ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - sulfite ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - sunflower seeds ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - thyme ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - tomato ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - tree nuts ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - tuna ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - turnip ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - turtle ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - vegetable oil ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - walnuts ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - watermelon ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - wheat ... sinus pain
  • Food Allergy - zucchini ... sinus pain

    G

  • Grass pollen allergy ... sinus pain

    H

  • House dust allergy ... sinus pain

    I

  • IgG Deficiency ... sinusitis
  • Immunoglobulin G subclass deficiency ... sinusitis

    L

  • Leukocytoclastic angiitis - systemic ... sinusitis

    M

  • MHC class 1 or class 2 deficiency ... chronic sinusitis
  • Mold allergy ... chronic sinusitis
  • Moraxella catarrhalis infection ... sinusitis

    N

  • Nasal polyp ... Chronic inflammation of the sinusis
  • Non-Food Allergy - Aesculus pollen ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - Alder ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - Alder tree ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - amaranthus ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - American feverfew ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - Ash juniper tree pollen ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - ash tree ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - beech tree ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - Beet ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - bent grass ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - Bermuda grass ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - birch tree ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - Bluegrass ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - box elder tree ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - Canary grass ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - Capeweed ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - chlorine ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - cocklebur ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - Cockroach ... chronic sinusitis
  • Non-Food Allergy - Cypress tree ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - daisy ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - dandelion pollen ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - dust mites ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - elm tree ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - English plantain ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - European Ash tree ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - fungus, Alternaria ... chronic sinusitis
  • Non-Food Allergy - fungus, Aspergillus spp ... chronic sinusitis
  • Non-Food Allergy - fungus, Aureobasidium (Pullularia) ... chronic sinusitis
  • Non-Food Allergy - fungus, Candida albicans ... chronic sinusitis
  • Non-Food Allergy - fungus, Cladosporium ... chronic sinusitis
  • Non-Food Allergy - fungus, Epicoccum ... chronic sinusitis
  • Non-Food Allergy - fungus, Fusarium ... chronic sinusitis
  • Non-Food Allergy - fungus, Helminthosporium ... chronic sinusitis
  • Non-Food Allergy - fungus, Mucor ... chronic sinusitis
  • Non-Food Allergy - fungus, Penicillium ... chronic sinusitis
  • Non-Food Allergy - fungus, Phoma ... chronic sinusitis
  • Non-Food Allergy - fungus, Rhizopus ... chronic sinusitis
  • Non-Food Allergy - fungus, smut ... chronic sinusitis
  • Non-Food Allergy - goosefoot ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - grass ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - guayule ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - hazel tree ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - hemp ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - Hickory tree ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - hop shrub ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - Hornbeam tree ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - horse chestnut tree ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - Johnson grass ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - Kentucky bluegrass ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - maple tree ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - Marsh Elder ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - Monteroy pine tree ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - mountain cedar tree ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - mugwort tree ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - nettle ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - Oak tree ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - Olea tree pollen ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - olive tree ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - Orache (Atriplex) ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - orchard grass ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - Patterson's curse ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - Pecan trees ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - pigweed ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - plane tree ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - plantago pollen ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - poplar tree pollen ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - ragweed ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - Rapeseed oil ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - redroot ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - Redtop grass ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - Ryegrass pollen ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - sagebrush ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - Sorrel ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - Sunflower pollen ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - sweet chestnut tree ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - sweet vernal grass ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - tilia tree pollen ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - timothy grass ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - tree pollen ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - tumble weed (Russian thistle) ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - Velvet grass ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - wall pellitory ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - walnut tree ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - White cedar tree ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - willow tree ... sinus pain
  • Non-Food Allergy - willow tree pollen ... sinus pain

    O

  • Obstructive sleep apnea ... frequent sinus infections
  • Orthomyxovirus-related Cold ... sinus swelling

    P

  • Paramyxovirus -related Cold ... sinus swelling
  • Pediatric gastroesophageal reflux disease ... Sinusitis
  • Phosgene oxime - inhalation exposure ... sinus pain
  • Phosgene oxime exposure ... sinus pain
  • Pneumococcus ... Sinus infections
  • Primary Immune Deficiency ... chronic sinusitis

    R

  • Respiratory syncytial virus-related Cold ... sinus swelling
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma, embryonal ... sinusitis
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma, embryonal 1 ... sinusitis
  • Rhabdomyosarcoma, embryonal 2 ... sinusitis
  • Rhinitis ... sinusitis
  • Rhinovirus ... sinusitis
  • Rhinovirus-related Cold ... sinus swelling

    S

  • Seafood allergy ... sinus pain
  • Selective IgA Deficiency ... recurring sinus infections, frequent sinus infections
  • Sinusitis ... Symptoms specific for maxillary sinus infection, Symptoms specific for sphenoid sinus infection, sinus pain, Symptoms specific for frontal sinus infection, Symptoms specific for ethmoid sinus infection, tenderness over sinus region

    V

  • Vasculitis hypersensitivity ... sinusitis

    W

  • Wegener's granulomatosis ... sinus pain, Sinusitis
  • WHIM syndrome ... Sinusitis

    X

  • X-linked agammaglobulinaemia ... Sinus pain, Sinusitis
  • X-Linked Agammaglobulinemia ... sinus infections

    Y

  • Young syndrome ... Sinus pain, recurring sinus infections, Sinusitis

    Conditions listing medical complications: Sinusitis:

    The following list of medical conditions have 'Sinusitis' or similar listed as a medical complication in our database. This computer-generated list of complications may be inaccurate or incomplete. Always seek prompt professional medical advice about the cause of any symptom.

    A

  • Acute upper respiratory infection ... Sinusitis
  • Aspergillosis ... allergic sinusitis

    C

  • Common cold ... sinus infections, sinusitis
  • Common Variable Immunodeficiency ... recurring sinus infections
  • Cystic Fibrosis ... sinusitis

    H

  • Hay fever ... sinusitis

    K

  • Kartagener syndrome ... chronic sinusitis

    P

  • Pneumococcus ... Sinus infections

    R

  • Recurring airway infection ... Sinusitis

    S

  • Selective IgA Deficiency ... recurring sinus infections

    T

  • Tooth abscess ... sinusitis

    W

  • Wegener's granulomatosis ... sinusitis

    More Information About Sinusitis

    List of 317 causes of Sinusitis

    This section shows a full list of all the diseases and conditions listed as a possible cause of Sinusitis in our database from various sources.

    Drug side effect causes of Sinusitis

    The following drugs, medications, substances or toxins may possibly cause Sinusitis as a side effect.

    [See detailed list of 24 drug side effect causes of Sinusitis]

    Medical Textbooks about Sinusitis

    Free online access to excerpts without registration is available to view excerpts from medical textbooks about the causes and diagnosis of Sinusitis. Refer to our list of medical textbooks discussions about Sinusitis (Free online access to book excerpts, no registration).

    Medical Books Excerpts
    • COUGH
    • "Algorithmic Diagnosis of Symptoms and Signs" (2003)
    • COUGH
    • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
    • Cough
    • "A Pocket Manual of Differential Diagnosis" (1999)
    • Sinusitis
    • "Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition)" (2005)
    • Cough
    • "The 10-Minute Diagnosis Manual: Symptoms and Signs in the Time-Limited Encounter" (2000)
    • Cough, barking
    • "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
    • Cough, productive
    • "Alarming Signs and Symptoms: Lippincott Manual of Nursing Practice Series" (2007)
    • Cough
    • "The Diagnostic Approach to Symptoms and Signs in Pediatrics" (2006)
    • COUGH
    • "Differential Diagnosis in Primary Care" (2007)
     

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