Migraines or sinus headaches? Posted: 02-03-07 17:27pm
i have a pain that starts in my right
temple goes behind my right eye (feels
like eye going to pop out of my head)
continues up the right side of my head
along the top and down the back side of my
head feels like been hit by a bat burns
really bad in head pain on a scale from 1
to 10 about 50 i take tylenol sinus it
will go away in about 20 mins or so
nothing i do helps it. I have tried so
many things warm compresses, cold
compresses, it gets worse if i lay down. I
just got over a upper respirtory
infection. My primary dr. thought it was a
siun s infection, went to er they did cat
scan said it came back normal sinus's look
good they ruled it as a migraine. i have
had it a few times a day for the last 2
weeks. the pain is aweful. what do u
think? it has kept me out of work. The
medication the doctors have me on make me
fade in and out of sleep i have to work
and raise my kids what do i do? Please
help I am going crazy with these
pains.
Sinus inflammations, or sinusitis, are a
type of upper respiratory infection. One
symptoms of sinusitis is headache. But the
pain during sinusitis, however, is
constant, and doesn’t come and go in
attacks. Further, during sinus
inflammations, the pain is not located
only on one side of the head but is
located in the frontal head area and
always followed by other symptoms which
can include nasal congestion, mucous
discharge in the nose and throat, and
temperature. Headaches during sinusitis
can also radiate to the eyes and upper
teeth.
A migraine is a headache usually located
on one side of the head. Migraines come
and goe in attacks. A migraine headache is
followed by nausea, vomiting and
sensitivity to light.
You can visit an ENT-specialist to confirm
or exclude sinusitis. If sinusitis is
confirmed, treatment of that condition
should also cure the headache. If you
don’t have sinus inflammation
(sinusitis), a migraine could be one of
the possible reasons for the headaches.
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