What Are The Symptoms Of Sinusitis?



vary from person to person. The most

common symptoms are:

Stuffy or runny nose

Clear, thin discharge from the nose (as in chronic sinusitis), or thick

yellow or green discharge from the nose, sometimes tinged with blood

(as in acute sinusitis)

Sneezing and/or coughing

Pain over the bridge of the nose

Headache that is severe in the morning, when bending forward, or when riding an elevator

Post-nasal drip from the nose into the throat

Frequent throat clearing

Itchy eyes and/or nose

Impaired sense of smell and/or taste

Bad breath

Fever and chills

Pain in the roof of the mouth or teeth

Face and eye pain

Rare symptoms, which may or may not be accompanied by a

stuffy nose, are:

Earache, feeling of fullness in the ear, swelling and tenderness behind

the ear, and/or ear popping due to mucus in the eustachian tube of the

ear

Sore throat and hoarse voice caused by infected post-nasal drip

Swelling of the eye area due to spread of infection from the sinuses to

the eye

Intense headache with vomiting, a very rare symptom,

indicates the possibility of meningitis or the spread of infection into

the brain.