Can acute sinusitis increase blood pressure?

What causes sinusitis? Is there any relationship between sinusitis and blood pressure?

  • I burst my sinus open a few times when I was having severely low blood pressure. I am 19 and have sinusitis since I was 14. it bugs me a lot during winters.the prescribed drugs are heavy and getting it operated is not an option.

  • Answer:

    The paranasal sinuses are bony pockets in the skull which serve various functions such as vocal resonance, air conditioning among others. Each sinus has an opening in the nasal cavity. The sinuses cannot just "burst". 1.Are you experiencing nasal discharge? 2.headache- character? Duration? Site? 3.what medications relieve the pain? 4.what is the colour and amount of nasal discharge, if any? Investigations: Have a CT -PNS done. Consult a ENT surgeon. Query- ?chronic sinusitis due to DNS. Low bp headache is a totally different entity altogether. It has other systemic complications too.

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