Many people mistakenly think, "Why do you always have a cold?", but you don't know—
This is most likely chronic sinusitis in "nonsense"!
What is chronic sinusitis?
In simple terms, chronic sinusitis can be understood as the long-term presence of inflammation within the sinuses. The sinuses are cavities in the bones around the nasal cavity, like a "small room" in the nasal cavity. Inflammation is the "uninvited guest" in the room, which does not leave for a long time, resulting in swelling of the sinus mucosa and increased secretions, causing chronic sinusitis.
The headache caused by sinusitis is called nasogenic headache, which refers to the headache caused by lesions in the nasal cavity and sinuses.
So, why does sinusitis cause headaches?
1. When sinusitis attacks, there will be purulent nasal discharge, increased nasal secretions, etc., which stimulate and compress the surrounding nerve endings, thus causing headaches.
2. Bacteria in the sinuses produce toxins that stimulate nerve endings, causing headaches.
3. When sinusitis occurs, the sinus mouth is blocked due to edema and congestion of the nasal mucosa, resulting in the absorption of gas in the sinus, and the formation of a vacuum in the sinus, which causes headache.
4. Inflammatory irritation of turbinates, nasal passages, sinus ostium and sinus mucosa, and swelling mucosa compresses nerve endings.
5. Persistent nasal congestion during the attack, long-term nasal congestion will also affect the blood circulation of the brain, resulting in hypoxia and ischemia, which will cause headaches.
The main treatment modalities for chronic sinusitis are:
1. Medication
It's like giving an "eviction order" to inflammation, using antibiotics, nasal spray hormones and other drugs to let "it" obediently leave.
2. Nasal irrigation
Nasal irrigation can remove bacteria and secretions, improve the function of nasal mucocilia, reduce inflammation, effectively relieve nasal congestion, and restore the self-cleaning ability of the nasal cavity.
3. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment
Through traditional Chinese medicine treatment, the whole body and local environment are regulated, and the immunity is enhanced, so as to achieve the purpose of treating chronic sinusitis.
4. Surgical treatment
If medication and nasal irrigation do not eliminate the inflammation, surgery is needed to remove the diseased tissue and restore the normal function of the sinuses.