If you're having sinus headaches, sinus pressure or pain or other sinus problems regularly or you have chronic sinus infections you may want to know what may be causing them. Sometimes just knowing the cause of a sinus condition will help you stop exposure or avoid them in the future. I'll mention just five of the causes here that you may or may not know about. 1. Sinus infections. In recent...

Sinusitis is an acute or chronicle disorder caused by the swelling of the nasal passages and inflammation of the sinuses. The swollen nasal passages create a blockage and the nasal discharges cannot be evicted; in time infection appears. Sinuses are small cavities inside the facial bones or of those behind the face: cheek bones, over and behind the eyes, behind the nose bridge. These cavities...

There are times when your child develops a cold, but the symptoms do not stop for a long period of time. He/ she has a cough or a runny nose that just do not go away. This is probably a sinus infection sign. Sinusitis, which is an infection of the sinus is very common in children. However, this sinus infection can be misdiagnosed in many children. Those who have green mucus are usually over...

A cold, allergies, coughing, and sneezing can all influence in sinusitis. However, the fact that these can be an influence in ear infection is not commonly known. The reason that sinusitis and ear infection are related is that the sinuses and the ear are connected by a tube in the inner ear called the Eustachian tube. Before explaining further how sinusitis and ear infection are connected,...