Sinusitis question?

Question

Quick question, I am just wondering if sinusitis will cause all over body pain, I was diagnosed and couldn't take the meds they gave me because they have sulfur in them. Then today I have al over body pain, just wondering if that is why?

Answer 1

Symptoms

Symptoms Indicating a Bacterial Infection. Sinus symptoms are very common during a cold or the flu, but in most of these cases they are due to the effects of the infecting virus and resolve when the infection does. It is important to differentiate between inflamed sinuses associated with cold or flu virus and sinusitis caused by bacteria. With true acute bacterial sinusitis, the signs and symptoms typically have the following course:

Nasal congestion and discharge comes first and is typically thick with pus that is yellowish to yellow-green.
Pain in the teeth is increased by bending over. Symptoms may vary, however, depending on the sinuses involved.
Symptoms continue for 10 days or more after the start of a cold or flu.
They worsen after 5 - 7 days, or they return after initial improvement in a cold (called double sickening).
Other symptoms of acute sinusitis that usually occur in adults include:

Severe headache and pain or pressure in specific areas in the face -- eyes may be red, bulging or painful eyes if the sinus infection occurs around the eyes; in some cases, patients may also have double vision and even temporary vision loss.
A persistent cough (particularly during the day)
Fever
Fatigue (from lack of good rest)
Lack of response to decongestants or antihistamines
Sneezing, sore throat, and muscle aches may be present, but they are rarely caused by sinusitis itself. Muscle aches may be caused by fever, sore throat by post-nasal drip, and sneezing from cold or allergies.

Rare complications of sinusitis can produce additional symptoms, which may be severe or even life threatening.

Symptoms in Children. Children are most likely to develop infection in the ethmoid sinuses, located between the eyes. Children with sinusitis are also less likely to experience facial pain over the affected sinus and headache, which are the primary signs in adults. Symptoms of bacterial sinusitis may be less specific than in adults and include:

Persistent nasal discharge (of any type) and day time cough for more than 10 days, or
Severe symptoms last for at least 3 - 4 days in a row and include thick, greenish nasal discharge plus a fever of at least 102° F.
Other symptoms in children may include:

Irritability
Vomiting
Gagging on mucus
Cough
General Symptoms of Recurrent Acute and Chronic Sinusitis
Recurrent acute and chronic sinusitis tend to take the following course:

Symptoms are more vague and generalized than acute sinusitis.
They last longer than 4 weeks. (Subacute sinusitis lasts longer than 4 weeks but less than 8 weeks. Chronic sinusitis lasts 8 weeks or longer.)
They occur throughout the year, even during nonallergy seasons.
Specifically symptoms may include:

Nasal congestion and obstruction
Chronic cough (day and night) -- research suggests that sinusitis is one of the main causes of chronic cough
Bad breath
Postnasal drip (which can cause repeated throat clearing)
Facial tenderness or pressure --patients do not usually experience facial pain unless the infection is in the frontal sinuses
Site-Specific Symptoms
Specific symptoms depend on the location of the infection:

Frontal sinusitis causes pain across the lower forehead.
The pain in maxillary sinusitis occurs over the cheeks and may travel to the teeth, and the hard palate in the mouth sometimes becomes swollen.
Ethmoid sinusitis causes pain behind the eyes and sometimes redness and tenderness in the area across the top of the nose.
Sphenoid sinusitis rarely occurs by itself; when it does, the pain may be experienced behind the eyes, across the forehead, or in the face.

Answer 2

Sinusitis is an inflammation of the para-nasal sinuses, which may or may not be as a result of infection, from bacterial, fungal, viral, allergic or autoimmune issues.

There are several paired para-nasal sinuses, including the frontal, ethmoid, maxillary and sphenoid sinuses. The ethmoid sinuses can also be further broken down into anterior and posterior, the division of which is defined as the basal lamella of the middle turbinate. In addition to the acuity of disease, discussed below, sinusitis can be classified by the sinus cavity which it affects:

Maxillary sinusitis - can cause pain or pressure in the maxillary (cheek) area (e.g., toothache, headache)

Frontal sinusitis - can cause pain or pressure in the frontal sinus cavity (located behind/above eyes), headache

Ethmoid sinusitis - can cause pain or pressure pain between and/or behind eyes, headache

Sphenoid sinusitis - can cause pain or pressure behind the eyes, but often refers to the vertex of the head

Recent theories of sinusitis indicate that it often occurs as part of a spectrum of diseases that affect the respiratory tract. In saying that... There is no way that it can cause aches alone. You might have a bacterial infection that your body is fighting off. And by the way. Those meds that you aren't taking... are they antibiotics? If so, you must take them or another kind. Talk to your Doctor please.

Answer 3

I don't know about the pain but it makes me feel like just sleeping.