| If you think you have sinus headaches, think | | | | sinus for 14 to 21 days, though you don't actually |
| again. As you will learn in this article, experts say | | | | feel it. |
| there is no such thing as a sinus headache. The | | | | Some amazing results |
| underlying problem is sinusitis or, as it's usually | | | | More than 80,000 people have had balloon |
| called, a sinus infection. This article profiles a new | | | | sinuplasty. In all cases, there were no serious |
| cure for this problem called balloon sinuplasty. It | | | | complications and follow-up studies showed a |
| also describes the results that have been seen to | | | | success rate of better than 90%. |
| date for patients reeving this procedure and has a | | | | Talk with your doctor |
| word of caution about discussing the procedure | | | | The only bad news of this procedure is that it is |
| with your doctor. | | | | not available everywhere. So, if you have |
| What causes a "sinus headache?" | | | | recurring sinus infections and would like release |
| Doctors and headache experts agree that there | | | | from the pain of the headaches that accompany |
| is no such thing as a sinus headache. However, | | | | them, you will need to discuss the procedure with |
| there is an illness called sinusitis (a sinus infection) | | | | your doctor. He or she may be able to steer you |
| that causes a pressure in your head that is felt as | | | | to a specialist who does do balloon sinuplasties. |
| a headache. In other words, if you do not have a | | | | When you talk to a doctor who can do the |
| sinus infection and you have a headache, it is not | | | | procedure,, be sure to ask how many balloon |
| a sinus headache. Instead, it may be a tension | | | | sinuplasties that he or she has performed in what |
| headache, some form of a migraine headache or | | | | their success rate has been. The procedure may |
| what's known as a chronic daily headache. | | | | be fairly simple and painless but like any procedure |
| Balloon Sinuplasty | | | | that involves surgery, you want to make sure |
| If you have recurring sinus infections and the | | | | your doctor has had plenty of experience. |
| headaches they can cause, there is new hope. | | | | As you have read, your "sinus headaches" may |
| Scientists have developed a new procedure called | | | | actually be a sinus infection. If this is the case, |
| balloon sinuplasty which consists of putting a thin, | | | | you may want to look into having a balloon |
| flexible balloon catheter up your nose to enlarge | | | | sinuplasty performed to reduce the inflammation |
| the openings to your sinuses. At the end of the | | | | and give you relief. However, not all doctors can |
| catheter is a special balloon device that inflates | | | | perform this procedure and if you do find one |
| with medication inside it. This medication slowly | | | | that can, make sue he or she has plenty of |
| releases from the balloon device bathing the lining | | | | experience. After, you wouldn't want a novice |
| of your sinus with medication and decreasing | | | | sticking a catheter up your nose and into your |
| inflammation. The device is actually left in your | | | | head. |