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Can a sinus infection build pressure in the base of your head. i feel pulsating movement when i rest it against a pillow. ?
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Certainly: There are several paranasal sinuses - sphenoids, ethmoids, maxillary, frontal. The ethmoid and sphenoid sinuses in particular can cause pain as your are describing. You have been evaluated by an ENT hopefully?
Answered 6/10/2014
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