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Can sinus infections cause anxiety attack?

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Anxiety from pain.: Sinus infections if frequent or persistent can lead to headache, stress, and frustration and hence anxiety attack.

Answered 7/28/2018

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Dr. John Munshower answered

Specializes in Family Medicine

Well, sure: Anxiety has no specific inciting "test book" events that cause attacks, but each individual may act differently to stressors around them. Certainly, a sinus infection may cause someone with anxiety to get stressed and have an "attack."

Answered 4/21/2019

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