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- From: mrl@tardis.pfc.mit.edu
- Subject: RE: These wierd headaches...
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- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 18:28:35 GMT
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- In a previous article, redman@megatek.com (Tim Redfield) wrote:
- >From article <Bx73Ix.HL1@acsu.buffalo.edu>, by oispeggy@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Peggy Brown):
- >> In article <2690@tredysvr.Tredydev.Unisys.COM>, sg@tredysvr.Tredydev.Unisys.COM (Susanne Gilliam) writes...
- >>>>mrl@nerus.pfc.mit.edu wrote:
- >>
- >>> I had a very similar experience about 7 years ago, and in my case, it
- >>>did indeed turn out to be caused by the deviated septum. I was fine,
- >>
- >> I have a similar story. January of '90 I started getting
- >> incredible headaches, which later I found were migraines, always
- >> when I had a bad case of congestion and sometimes sinus
- >> infection. As it turned out I had a deviated septum, and
- >> underdeveloped sinus cavity behind the left cheekbone. This
-
- The original post said the woman had seen a ENT doctor and had had sinus x-rays
- which were negative. She also had the headaches continuously for 3 months.
- She also had enlarged glands in her neck. Are all these consistent with a
- sinus problem? She did not say that she had any congestion or history of it.
- That's why I suggested it might be something like TMJ. However, if it is
- possible that she still has a sinus problem, maybe she should see a different
- ENT doctor. P.s. I now recall reading that sinus x-rays don't always show all
- types of problems. Sometimes cat-scans are required, but that info was from a
- book, not a doctor. When I asked my ENT doctor about that, he shrugged and
- asked if I wanted one! I declined, since by then I was convinced my problem
- was TMJ related, not sinuses.
-
-
- Mark London
- MRL@NERUS.PFC.MIT.EDU
-