ReviewCurrent pain and headache reports2009
Sinus problems as a cause of headache refractoriness and migraine chronification.
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10 citing papers in PubMed, 28 citations in OpenAlex.
- Medication overuse headache: a review of current evidence and management strategies.Frontiers in pain research (Lausanne, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- Clinical Outcome Following Endoscopic Septoturbinal Surgeries for Rhinogenic Contact Point Headache: A Retrospective Analysis.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2022Article
- Debunking Myths: Sinus Headache.Current neurology and neuroscience reports · 2021Review
- Paranasal sinus volumes and headache: is there a relation?European archives of oto-rhino-laryngology : official journal of the European Federation of Oto-Rhino-Laryngological Societies (EUFOS) : affiliated with the German Society for Oto-Rhino-Laryngology - Head and Neck Surgery · 2019Article
- The Role of Balloon Sinuplasty in the Treatment of Vacuum Rhinogenic Headache.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2017Article
- Diverse Physiological Roles of Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide in Migraine Pathology: Modulation of Neuronal-Glial-Immune Cells to Promote Peripheral and Central Sensitization.Current pain and headache reports · 2016Review
- Comprehensive review on endonasal endoscopic sinus surgery.GMS current topics in otorhinolaryngology, head and neck surgery · 2015Review
- Endoscopic management of contact point headache in patients resistant to medical treatment.Indian journal of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery : official publication of the Association of Otolaryngologists of India · 2013Article
- Chronic headaches and medication overuse.Internal and emergency medicine · 2010Review
- The sinus headache explained.Current allergy and asthma reports · 2010Article
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Abstract
Sinus headache is not a diagnostic term supported by the academia, yet it appears to be understood by the general public and larger medical community. It can be considered both a primary and secondary headache disorder. As a primary headache disorder, most of the patients considered to have sinus headache indeed have migraine (migraine with sinus symptoms). Yet it is also possible that some attacks of sinus headache may represent a unique clinical phenotype of migraine or be a unique clinical entity. Potentially, primary sinus headache can chronify and be refractory through immune-mediated mechanisms or as a catalyst for migraine chronification through ineffective treatment or medication overuse and misuse. As a secondary headache disorder, sinus headache can be associated with a wide range of underlying etiologies such as infection, anatomical abnormalities, trauma, and immunological disease or sleep disorders. It is possible that these underlying pathophysiological processes generate long-standing activation of nociceptive mechanisms involved in headache and can lead to chronification and refractoriness of the headache symptomatology. This article explores some of the potential mechanisms and the available scientific studies that may explain how sinus headache can become chronic and present to the clinician as a refractory headache disorder.
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