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What Causes Sinusitis?

Posted on Tue, 4 Mar 2014

Question: Can sinusitis be cause by ms I read it canbe from an autoimmune disorder how likely

Answered by Dr. Rajkishori Godhi (19 days later)

Brief Answer: Multiple sclerosis cannot cause sinusitis Detailed Answer: Hello Madam, Thanks for the query, Sinusitis can be caused by autoimmune vasculitis particularly by Wegener's Granulomatosis. People with Multiple sclerosis are no more susceptible to sinusitis than ordinary people. Multiple sclerosis does not increase the chances of getting sinusitis. But a sinus infection can trigger a relapse. regards, Dr Rajkishori.

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad

Follow up: Dr. Rajkishori Godhi (57 minutes later)

I have constant low back pain and leg pain sometimes I feel numbness and pins and needles sometimes a burning sensation in legs and feet had these symptoms for 6-7 yrs had a brain MRI in 2008 2011 2012 and last one dec 2013 all negative had c- spine and t spine in May 2013 negative if it was ms would if have shown up already in any of these scans

Answered by Dr. Rajkishori Godhi (1 hour later)

Brief Answer: other deficiencies can cause these symptoms. Detailed Answer: Hi again, Yes you are right. Since the MRI is negative it is very unlikely that you have multiple sclerosis. All the symptoms that you described can be caused by various deficiencies- Vitamin D, Calcium, Magnesium, B6. Please see a physician for your symptoms and get the necessary tests done to rule out deficiencies. regards, Dr Rajkishori.

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