Clinical Study of Headache in Relation to Sinusitis and its Management.
Artigo
em Inglês
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-183179
ABSTRACT
Aim:
To study relation of headache with sinusitis and its management. Material andmethods:
Patients clinically presenting with headache were selected. Only patients with headache due to rhinogenic causes were subjected to X-ray paranasal sinuses (PNS) and diagnostic nasal endoscopy (DNE) and were followed up to evaluate management.Results:
Majority of the patients were of age group 21-30 years and it is more predominant in males. Majority of the patients with headache had deviated nasal septum (DNS) (28.9%), acute sinusitis (28.9%), osteomeatal complex disease (24.63%); few patients had nasal polyp (8.69%), allergic rhinitis (5.79%) and rarely patients had atrophic rhinitis (2.89%). Headache was localized in forehead (43.4%), more than one site (34.7%) in majority of cases and few number of patients had headache at glabella (13.04%) and top of head (8.69%). Majority of the patients who underwent antral washout were not relieved, so they underwent functional endoscopic sinus surgery (FESS), which gave dramatic results in improving symptoms including headache.Conclusions:
Headache is nearly a universal human experience. The lifetime incidence of headache is estimated to be at least 90%. To know whether the headache is sinogenic or not, the patient is first assessed clinically and then radiological investigations (X-ray PNS) are done. Role of FESS is huge and ultimately it is FESS that is the cure for headache due to rhinogenic causes.
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IMSEAR (Sudeste Asiático)
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Inglês
Ano de publicação:
2014
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