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Sinusitis
- infection of paranasal sinuses
- often complicates upper respiratory tract infection
Organisms
Symptoms
- frontal headache
- facial pain and tenderness
- usually nasal discharge
Associations
Treatment
- antibiotics
- nasal decongestants
- xylometazoline / sympathomimetics
- topical corticosteroids
Complications
- local abscesses
- cerebral abscesses
- ? chronic headache
- more often due to tension
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