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    The document discusses sinusitis, or sinus infection and inflammation. It describes the four pairs of paranasal sinuses located in the skull bones surrounding the nose. Symptoms of sinusitis include coughing, nasal congestion, fatigue, aches, and headaches. Risk factors include air trapped in blocked sinuses causing pressure and pain, or a swollen sinus membrane preventing air from entering and creating a vacuum. Sinusitis is classified as acute (less than 4 weeks), subacute (4-12 weeks), chronic (more than 12 weeks), or recurrent (multiple acute attacks within a year).

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    The document discusses sinusitis, or sinus infection and inflammation. It describes the four pairs of paranasal sinuses located in the skull bones surrounding the nose. Symptoms of sinusitis include coughing, nasal congestion, fatigue, aches, and headaches. Risk factors include air trapped in blocked sinuses causing pressure and pain, or a swollen sinus membrane preventing air from entering and creating a vacuum. Sinusitis is classified as acute (less than 4 weeks), subacute (4-12 weeks), chronic (more than 12 weeks), or recurrent (multiple acute attacks within a year).

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    The document discusses sinusitis, or sinus infection and inflammation. It describes the four pairs of paranasal sinuses located in the skull bones surrounding the nose. Symptoms of sinusitis include coughing, nasal congestion, fatigue, aches, and headaches. Risk factors include air trapped in blocked sinuses causing pressure and pain, or a swollen sinus membrane preventing air from entering and creating a vacuum. Sinusitis is classified as acute (less than 4 weeks), subacute (4-12 weeks), chronic (more than 12 weeks), or recurrent (multiple acute attacks within a year).

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    Introduction
    Risk Factors
    You’re coughing, your nose is stuffy, and
    you feel tired and achy. You think that you
    might be getting a cold. Later, when the When people say, "I'm having a sinus
    medicines you’ve been taking to relieve attack," they usually are referring to
    symptoms of the common cold are not symptoms of congestion and achiness in
    working and you’ve got a terrible one or more of four pairs of cavities, or
    headache, you finally drag yourself to the sinuses, known as paranasal sinuses.
    doctor. After listening to your history of These cavities, located within the skull or
    symptoms, examining your face and bones of the head surrounding the nose,
    forehead, and perhaps doing a sinus X- include
    ray, the doctor says you have sinusitis. Air trapped within a blocked sinus, along
    • Frontal sinuses over the eyes in with pus or other secretions (liquid
    the brow area material) may cause pressure on the sinus
    Sinusitis means your sinuses are infected
    or inflamed. But this gives little indication • Maxillary sinuses inside each wall. The result is the sometimes intense
    cheekbone pain of a sinus attack. Similarly, when air
    of the misery and pain this condition can
    cause. Health experts usually divide • Ethmoid sinuses just behind the is prevented from entering a paranasal
    bridge of the nose and between sinus by a swollen membrane at the
    sinusitis cases
    the eyes opening, a vacuum can be created that
    into
    • Sphenoid sinuses behind the also causes pain.
    ethmoids in the upper region of
    the nose and behind the eyes

    Signs and Symptoms


    • Acute
    cases, which last for 4 weeks or
    less
    • Subacute cases, which last 4 to 12
    weeks
    • Chronic cases, which last more
    than 12 weeks and can continue
    for months or even years
    • Recurrent cases, which involve
    several acute attacks within a year Each sinus has an opening into the nose
    for the free exchange of air and mucus,
    and each is joined with the nasal
    passages by a continuous mucous
    membrane lining. Therefore, anything that
    causes a swelling in the nose—an
    infection, an allergic reaction, or another

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