
What Causes Pressure Sensation In The Head?

sinus is about the ONLY possibility.
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WIth pain, there is the context (person, age, gender, previous history) and the type of pain (pressure) and the location. Nerves go to one side or the other. The nerves to the face are quite complex and follow very particular patterns. The nerves would be one side and very localized if it were the nerves. The brain itself does not feel pain. High blood pressure is constant as is the headache from it. Sinuses however, are connected one side to the other. The pressure in them changes minute to minute.
The best measure of if there is an infection is not biopsy, MRI, or blood work but merely looking at the back of the throat to see if there is drainage. This would strongly imply benefit (and need) for antibiotics. Otherwise, anti-histamine with decongestant over the counter is the best choice of medication for sinus pain. If someone wants to be quite compulsive checking bloodpresssure beforehand in the pharmacy is something that could be done prior to taking decongestants.


depends where the drainage is!
Detailed Answer:
typical of infection is clear drainage out the nose and grey to green in the back of the throat. Sometimes with drainage to the lung and a particular type of moist cough.
Of course one can check by treating as if it were simple allergy with anti-histamine decongestant. This works really fast and completely if there isn't an infection. Frankly it will work some of the time if there IS an infection too.

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