Almost everyone has experienced a headache, and the general consensus is to see a neurologist for treatment. However, the causes of some headaches can be difficult to trace, leaving patients flitting from department to department, not knowing what to do. How does sinusitis trigger headaches? This year’s 54-year-old Auntie Chen nearly 4 years every noon to feel the forehead swelling and pain, the weather changes when the headache is more severe. Although there is a history of sinusitis, but each headache attack, she did not have nasal congestion and runny nose and other nasal symptoms, and therefore always thought it was just a simple headache, seeking medical treatment to “neurological headache” and other diseases. After a recent examination, it was determined that Auntie Chen’s headache was caused by her chronic sinusitis, which is known as rhinogenic headache. Sinusitis can also cause headaches? Nasogenital headaches are headaches caused by lesions in the nasal cavity and sinuses. The sensory nerves in the nasal cavity and sinuses come from the first and second branches of the trigeminal nerve, the ophthalmic and maxillary nerves. Nasal lesions can directly stimulate the trigeminal nerve endings of the nasal mucosa to cause headache, and can be reflected along its branches to other parts of the head. Nasal abyssal headaches are clinically common, yet easily overlooked. This headache often has a time pattern, such as upper frontal sinusitis in the cheek area pain, morning light afternoon heavy; frontal sinusitis pain in the forehead area, morning heavy afternoon light. Headaches appear these symptoms alert nose “blame” headache, if accompanied by nasal congestion, pus flow and other symptoms, to promptly investigate sinusitis. In addition, the nasal cavity, sinus inflammation spread to the eustachian tube, may also affect the hearing, not to be taken lightly. Patients with the following conditions may be rhinogenic headache: 1, long-term chronic headache; 2, a history of nasal diseases; 3, headache aggravated by colds; 4, headache aggravated by severe nasal disease, headache alleviated when nasal disease symptoms are reduced; 5, there is no other exact cause of headache can be explained. Patients with the above conditions should go to the ENT department for examination and treatment as soon as possible.