Images of Sinus infection invading brain

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Please look at attached picture of MRI images

I thought that since I have read so many posts concerning divers that are mistreating their sinuses and or sufferring from diving related sinus issues that it might be good to see what happens when you rupture a sinus cavity (in this case your frontal : above eye) and the staph, strep, or pneumoccoccus bacteria is allowed to penetrate your brain cavity.

This form of infection is potentially life threatening or permanently disabling.

Same thing could happen to optical cavity.

the bony wall that separates sinus and brain or sinus/eye is sometimes paper thin (<1mm).

Please think about this next time you dive and are having trouble with your sinus. GO EASY!

Please look at Attached picture (credit to AuntMinnie Radiology )

 

[Randy43068]

Thank you for posting this. It's really very interesting.

 

[idocsteve]

This form of infection is potentially life threatening or permanently disabling.

Same thing could happen to optical cavity.

the bony wall that separates sinus and brain or sinus/eye is sometimes paper thin (<1mm).

Sometimes a patient will present with a stye, which is usually caused by a clogged gland in the eyelid that leads to an infection. This condition is usually treated quite readily using warm compresses, lid scrubs and Rx antibiotic steroid ointment, however if this is allowed to go untreated, the infection can easily spread to become an "orbital cellulitis" which can be life threatening for the reasons given in the first post on this thread.

 

[tracydr]

I've had two patients with this. Both were left with a lot of disability, as if they had a severe stroke. One was 23 and the other 41.
Sinus infection with forehead pain can be serious! Both patients ignored symptoms of infection for a long time.
I also had a domestic violence case where the woman's nose bone was shoved up into the brain from a punch.