I think I may have experienced my first sinus headache last night. There was a lot of pressure and soreness right underneath my right eye and on my cheekbone. At first, I figured it had something to do with my jaw issues, so I tried to ignore it. Eventually the pressure / pain became annoying enough that I realized it wasn't anything related to my jaw like I'd experienced before. I put ice on the spot, but it didn't really do much of anything.
Finally, I tried an allergy pill to try to loosen up my sinuses a little bit. It helped some, but didn't make a huge difference. Eventually I just went to bed and woke up feeling fine.
I wouldn't call the pain severe - it was just there. And wouldn't go away. It certainly wasn't anything like a migraine or tension headache. To anyone who's had a sinus headache before, is that what I was experiencing?
Sounds like. I happen to get those a lot. I usually just take 10mg of Loratadine and some ibuprofin. And hot works better than cold for the sinuses.
ReplyDeleteI think Andy was going to give me Loratadine, but then couldn't remember what it would do. Some pharmacist he is :)
ReplyDeleteHa. Basically it is Claritin.
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