What are the symptoms of sinusitis?

Sinusitis is a very common disease in daily life. It will affect people's bodies and also affect their normal life and work. Therefore, it is particularly important to understand its symptoms and detect and treat it early. Sinusitis is divided into two types: acute sinusitis and chronic sinusitis. They have different symptoms. Friends in need can learn more about the relevant knowledge.

Morning headaches are a classic symptom of sinusitis.

1. Symptoms of acute sinusitis

Acute sinusitis is an acute inflammation of the sinus mucosa, which often occurs after a cold. The symptoms of acute sinusitis are related to which type of sinusitis

The following are the different manifestations of sinus inflammation in each group:

Pain in forehead, lighter in the morning and heavier in the afternoon. There may also be swelling and pain in the cheek or pain in the upper molars, which is mostly maxillary sinusitis.

If you feel forehead pain when you wake up in the morning, which gradually gets worse, gets better in the afternoon, and disappears completely in the evening, this may be frontal sinusitis.

The headache is mild, localized to the inner canthus or the root of the nose, or may radiate to the top of the head, and is caused by multiparasite ethmoid sinusitis.

Pain deep in the eyeball that may radiate to the top of the head, as well as occipital headaches that are mild in the morning and severe in the afternoon, may be sphenoid sinusitis.

But most people may have symptoms in many places, so sometimes it is difficult to determine which sinus is inflamed based on the headache.

In addition to headaches, typical symptoms of acute sinusitis include: nasal congestion, purulent nasal discharge, temporary olfactory impairment, chills, fever, loss of appetite, constipation, and general discomfort. Younger children may experience symptoms such as vomiting, diarrhea, and coughing. Purulent nasal discharge can irritate the throat and cause throat discomfort, pharyngitis, etc.

Severe acute sinusitis can cause eye infection, but in recent years, due to the widespread use of antibiotics, complications of acute sinusitis such as orbital infection have become less common. [1]

Treatment: Functional endoscopic minimally invasive surgery has a particularly significant therapeutic effect on acute sinusitis and chronic sinusitis. It can precisely remove diseased tissue and bones, expand the sinus opening, and restore the normal physiological function of the sinuses. Endoscopic sinus surgery is minimally invasive, which is unmatched by traditional sinus surgery.

2. Symptoms of chronic sinusitis

1. Excessive purulent discharge: The nasal discharge is mostly purulent or mucopurulent, yellow or yellow-green in color, with an uncertain amount, and mostly flows to the throat. If there is a foul odor on one side, it is often seen in odontogenic maxillary sinusitis.

2. Nasal congestion: It varies in severity and is mostly caused by congestion and swelling of the nasal mucosa and increased secretions. Nasal congestion can often cause temporary olfactory impairment. When accompanied by nasal polyps, the nasal cavity may be completely blocked.

3. Headache: Chronic purulent sinusitis generally causes obvious local pain or headache. If you have a headache, it is often a dull pain or a feeling of heaviness in the head that is worse during the day and less severe at night. The former group of sinusitis often presents with swelling or dull pain in the forehead and root of the nose, while the latter group of sinusitis often presents with headaches at the top of the head, temporal region, or occipital region. When suffering from odontogenic maxillary sinusitis, it is often accompanied by pain in the upper teeth on the same side.

4. Others: Due to the flow of purulent mucus into the pharynx and long-term mouth breathing, it is often accompanied by symptoms of chronic pharyngitis, such as excessive sputum, foreign body sensation or sore throat. If the Eustachian tube is affected, symptoms such as tinnitus and deafness may also occur.

5. Chronic ethmoid sinusitis often coexists with chronic maxillary sinusitis. In addition to the general symptoms of chronic suppurative sinusitis, the loss of smell is more obvious.