Other conditions with symptoms similar to sinusitis
Facial pain and pressure seen in sinusitis could be caused by many other conditions. Other possible causes of these types of symptoms include:
- Colds that affect the nose (upper respiratory infections).
- Allergies.
- Noncancerous (benign) growths in the nose (nasal polyps).
- Tension, cluster, migraine, or other types of headaches.
- Tooth grinding or temporomandibular (TM) disorder.
- Toothache.
- Cancer in the nasal cavity or sinus (rare).
- A sudden, stabbing pain in the face that occurs at irregular intervals (trigeminal neuralgia or tic douloureux).
| Author: | Shannon Erstad, MBA/MPH | Last Updated: August 15, 2008 |
| Medical Review: | Kathleen Romito, MD - Family Medicine Donald R. Mintz, MD - Otolaryngology | |
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