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Showing posts with label deviated. Show all posts
Showing posts with label deviated. Show all posts

December 31, 2011

Stabbing Headache Around Eye or Cheek

Do you suffer from a stabbing headache in the areas denoted in red? Do these headaches seemingly come out of nowhere one day? Perhaps started after a viral upper respiratory infection? You may be suffering from a condition known as contact point headache . This type of headache is also known as: • Sluder's neuralgia • Anterior ethmoid neuralgia • Sphenopalatine ganglion neuralgia • Pterygopalatine ganglion neuralgia This type of headache has often been confused with cluster heada…
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July 28, 2011

Can a Deviated Septum Cause Facial Pain?

Yes... There is a phenomenon caused Sluder's Neuralgia whereby a patient may suffer fairly severe pain over the cheek and around the eye due to a severe deviated septum ... not just any deviated septum, but a sub-type called a septal spur. As an introduction, a nasal septum is a wall that divides the nasal cavity down the middle. This nasal wall is much larger than people realize... perhaps a little bigger than a large man's watch. In some individuals, the septum (purple arro…
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