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Head Heaviness & Fatigue
I have been suffering from heaviness in my head for more than a month now along with fatigue but I do not have any runny nose ! I went and showed a General Physician who told me I have Sinus and prescribed me antibiotics for a week. I took those antibiotics but the issue still persisted. He has now told me to get a PNS CT Scan done. What should I do now as I know CT Scans increase the chance of an individual to have Cancer in the future ? Kindly advice, thanks.
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Correctly suggested by your physician to get a CT done.
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start nasal decongestion and jal neti for atleast 3 weeks
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if prob persist get nasal endoscopy or ct pns
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Dr. Soumyarup Das
ENT/ Otorhinolaryngologist
26 yrs exp
Kolkata
Thanks for your question. infact all of us have sinus rather doctor means to say you are having sinusitis- infection or inflammation of sinuses.But there are exact positive and negative history which can lead to diagnosis of sinusitis.Also you are correct that recurrent exposure to radiation can lead to harmful effects.We the ENT and Head neck Surgeons usually ask for CT scan if clinically indicated or before surgery or if any recurrence of disease post op suspected etc etc as per protocol.Headache is a broad entity.I would suggest you to consult an ENT specialist rather before doing any CT PNS as sometimes there are other tests like clinical exami,NE also which can diagnose the cause if indicated.
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