Your sinus migraine headache will have to be analyzed a bit. In case you happen to be suffering from sinus infections, then chances are great that you will notice some troubling sinus headache symptoms.

They will need to be identified and acted upon quickly.

The plain truth is that often people get confused because they are unable to distinguish real sinus headache symptoms, and symptoms that are commonly associated with a common headache, or migraine attack.

The simplest way of determining whether you are suffering from a sinus migraine symptom, and not a common headache is to see whether you are feeling very lethargic (common migraine symptom) or whether you feel as if you are about to die.

The latter is definitely a sinus headache symptom.

My daughter has one or two sinus infections a year.

She gets headaches with them, but not like the ones her mom gets.

She has bad migraines.

Headache, and pain in the face or pressure of a dull, constant, or aching sort over the affected sinuses can be seen with either acute or chronic stages of sinusitis.

This pain is typically localized to the involved sinus and may worsen when the affected person bends over or when in the supine position.

Often, when my daughter presses beside her nose, she says it really hurts.

It is these symptoms that will let you know the difference between sinus related headache from other headaches such as tension headache, and migraine headache.

Just common sense is all you need.

Here is where a sinus migraine headache gets confusing

The confusion occurs in part because migraine involves activation of the trigeminal nerves which innervate both the sinus region, but also the meninges which surround the brain.

Do you see how diagnosing a sinus migraine headache can be tricky?

"My Daughters many sinus infections damaged her trigeminal nerve, which is located near the cheek bone.

She has to take medicine every day for it,,but it still gives her a lot of pain, from her chin up in to her head".

Direct determination of the site of pain origination can be confusing.

Also, the autonomic nervous stimulation of migraine headaches can also result in tearing and a runny nose, therefore making you think you may have a sinus headache .

And if you are given decongestants or antibiotics, and that helps the fullness, pressure,and the face pain, you have sinus infection, that is throwing of a sinus migraine headache.

If you have chronic or recurring sinusitis, you may have to have surgery.

You may have to go to a otolaryngologist for more specialist assessment and treatment, which may include nasal surgery.

But we hope not.

However, for most patients, the surgical approach is not superior to appropriate medical treatment.

Surgery should only be considered for those patients who do not experience sufficient relief from optimal medication, which usually takes care of the problem.

So by elimination, you may be able to trace down your problem.

But if you have sinus infection, that is giving you sinus migraine headaches, don't wait, go to the Doctor and try some medicine.

You don't want to be like my Daughter and get that trigeminal nerve damaged.