What Is a Sinus Headache?
A sinus headache is the kind of pain that shows up when the spaces behind your forehead and cheeks get swollen. Those spaces are called sinuses. They normally stay filled with air. When they become irritated and fill with mucus instead, pressure builds. Then your face starts to ache in a way that’s hard to ignore.
The pain usually sits around your eyes or across your forehead. Sometimes it settles behind your nose. And leaning forward often makes it feel worse, which is a clue people remember because it’s oddly specific.
The signs are usually pretty obvious
• Pressure around the cheeks, especially after you bend down for something simple like tying your shoe
• Your nose stays stuffed, and the headache seems to move with that heavy feeling instead of acting on its own.
• A fever sometimes joins in, though that points more toward an infection than the headache itself.
• Feeling wiped out, because breathing through your nose all day gets old pretty fast
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