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Can a sinus headache act like a tension headache?
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Headaches: Headaches are notoriously frustrating for patients and their doctors alike. Any headache can present and masquerade as any other headache. Numerous cases of misdiagnosis and mistreatment because of this. Classic sinus HA is forehead or facial pressure with nasal congestion. Classic tension HA is in the temples or a ringlike band around head with stress or jaw grinding.
Answered 6/17/2014
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Yes- need history: While both headaches sound different, both can cause "tension" headache symptoms of bi-temporal pain. Risk: chronic sinus infection.. Questions: do you have a fever? Facial pressure sensations? Green or yellow colored nasal drainage? Are the bones over the sinuses sore when you tap them briskly with fingertip? . If any of the above, please see your phsician.
Answered 5/26/2014
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