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Can sinus headaches affect the side & back of your head? the headache worsens when i stand up or bend over. have chronic sinus infection.
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No: In my 45 year experience of taking care of patients with documented sinus infection or sinus inflammation, the pain does not travel to the side and back of the head. These symptoms are more likely to be muscle tension headaches, migraine, or vascular in origin. Sinus pain is almost always in the face, eyes and teeth. Finally, sinusitis is present with yellow nasal drainage and nasal congestion.
Answered 1/5/2019
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Absolutely: The sphenoid sinus is in the middle of your head and connects to the bone that forms the back of your head. Pain from the sphenoid sinus frequently radiates to the back of the head/top of the neck, but can also cause pain on the side of the head. Patients with sinusitis frequently note changes in pain with positional changes
Answered 10/24/2014
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