[health]

[wispfox]

So, at the doctor's today, I learned a fascinating thing. Apparently, sometimes apparent sinus infections with no apparent cause are actually migraines.

Apparently, they've done a study where they put the appropriate instrument in someone's sinuses, and watched what happened with a migraine. They had all the symptoms of a sinus infection, with no infection, entirely (apparently) caused by the migraine, _and_ migraine meds made it (the symptoms, as well as the migraine) go away.

So now, I get to see what happens with migraine meds next time I have a random sinus infection ('cause migraines run in my family, I've had some, and I definitely have weird apparently sinus symptoms for no apparent reason).

*hunts for a link*

Ah! Here's one

I note that sinus meds _do_ sometimes help (and almost always more than regular pain meds do), but never fully solve the problem. So! Possible. Still getting checked for allergies, though, just in case.

Comments

[dancingwolfgrrl.livejournal.com]

Huh! Interesting.
Except now I'm stuck imagining what having something inside my sinus would feel like. Ew.

[(Anonymous)]

imagining: Well, yes... me, too. At least until I stopped myself!

[wispfox.livejournal.com]

*amused* That was me. Helps to be logged in!

[dancingwolfgrrl.livejournal.com]

Hee! Damn. I had forgotten all about it. Now I have to forget all over again! :)

[kythryne.livejournal.com]

Wow. That's really interesting. Most of my sinus infections are pretty clearly secondary infections following other illness, but I know people who have chronic problems, so this is intriguing. Am forwarding link!

[lysana.livejournal.com]

Hmmmmmmm. I might want to talk to a headache expert.

[mactavish.livejournal.com]

I got recurrent "sinus headaches" as a child, which my mom treated by giving me Actifed (we had a standing prescription) with a big glass of water, then sending me to bed.

In adulthood, the few migraines I've gotten have reminded me startlingly of those "sinus headaches" to the point that I'm pretty sure I just had childhood migraines, and the Actifed, which put me to sleep for hours on end, let me sleep through them.