I have suffered all of my life with severe/chronic sinusitis. When I get it, it totally takes over my life and I can’t focus on anything else.
I get severe pain at the side of my nose, in my jaw and bizarely my neck gets very painful and crunches when I move it. I regularly break out in sweats, get nauseus and have nose bleeds.
It usually lasts for about 4-5 days and there seems to be a definite link with my menstrual cycle in that it usually starts a couple of days before my period. I also get it if an aerosol is sprayed near to me. I can instantly feel my nostrils twitching!!
The worst thing is that nothing seems to relieve the pain. I take ibuprofen and sinus relief capsules (with paracetomol) every 4 hours and it doesn’t even take the edge off the pain. Steam inhalation does very little also. I’ve had Doxycycline from my GP a few times but it doesn’t stop is coming back long term.
I would be most grateful for any tips on pain relief as Im totally fed up!!
I get them so bad at night that I now have to sleep with a knit cap on my head to keep my head from swimming. I miss swimming with my kids because I’m always thinking the water in my ears will make my head swirl. I feel like my head is filled with water and my ears and eyes ache. I was diagnosed with Vertigo but was told there was nothing to cure that. (what is that actually?) Needing HELP!! Thx.
The girl I have been with for 3 years now has had chronic headaches in the upper regions of her head for about a year now. Mainly around her eyes and the front/top of her head. She has gone to the doctor countless times, and so far she has had a CT scan which showed nothing at all. Then she had another scan later on, and there was still nothing besides apparently having a sinus infection.
She will get headaches almost every single day, and the scans have ruled out the possibility of a tumor or any other type of growth causing pressure in her head. The sinuses seemed to be hit and miss, and her doctor has never diagnosed her with acute sinusitis or anything like that, nor does she give her treatment for sinuses rather than the one time.
She can go to bed without a headache, but she will wake up with an extremely painful one that lasts throughout the day. The constant medicine she takes has caused their effects to not be as strong and can also cause rebound headaches, which we know.
My question is, does this sound more likely to be and eye problem or would she need to see a chiropractor? She hasn’t had an eye exam in a long time, and she used to need glasses, but not for all-the-time use, just for reading. One theory I have is that her eyes have gotten a little weaker over time and she is putting a constant strain on them, causing her headaches around her eyes and upper head. But, this doesn’t exactly make total sense when applied to her going to bed without one and then waking with one.
That’s what brings me to the chiropractor, she may be getting headaches due to muscle tension and increased pressure on her spine and nerves when she sleeps. If she has a headache when she goes to sleep, it’s always worse when she wakes up.
She has no other symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, blurred or doubled vision, only the headaches. I would like some secondary opinions on this. Like I said, she’s already had CT scans and the possibility of a tumor or anything of that nature have been ruled out. Thank you so much.
I’ve had a sinus infection for two and half months and have been on two antibiotics now and still have this infection, does anyone know how to get rid of these in a matter of a few days? Thanks SO much!
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