The main symptom of sinusitis is a
throbbing pain and pressure in the
face, which is worse bending
forwards.
- Frontal
sinusitis can cause pain above
your eyebrows, and your forehead
may be tender to touch.
- Maxillary
sinusitis can cause your upper
jaw, teeth and cheeks to ache and
may be mistaken for toothache.
- Inflammation
of the ethmoid sinuses can
cause pain around and between your
eyes and the sides of your
nose.
- Inflammation
of the sphenoid sinus can
cause you to ache behind your eyes,
at the top of your head or in your
temples. You may also have earache
and neck pain.
Other typical symptoms of
sinusitis include:
- a blocked
nose with discoloured mucus,
which tends to drain down the back
of the nose into the throat
- frequent
headaches
- reduced
sense of smell
- cold
symptoms that don't respond to
treatment
- Very rarely,
the infection can spread to the
facial bones or the membranes
lining the brain
(meningitis).
- Also very
rarely, sinusitis can spread to
form a pocket of pus (abscess) in
an eye socket, the brain or a
facial bone.
