A client is brought to the ER with complaints of stuffy nose, headache, persistent cough, fever and post-nasal drip. Pain is complained by the client above the eyebrows. The diagnosis is sinusitis. Which of the following sinuses is affected?
a. Maxillary
b. Frontal
c. Ethmoid
d. Sphenoid
Answer: B.
Because the pain is felt above the eyebrows the affected sinus is the frontal sinus.
Pain assessment in sinusitis
• Maxillary: cheek and upper teeth
• Frontal: above eyebrows
• Ethmoid: in and around the eyes
• Sphenoid: behind eye, occiput, top of the head.
a. Maxillary
b. Frontal
c. Ethmoid
d. Sphenoid
Answer: B.
Because the pain is felt above the eyebrows the affected sinus is the frontal sinus.
Pain assessment in sinusitis
• Maxillary: cheek and upper teeth
• Frontal: above eyebrows
• Ethmoid: in and around the eyes
• Sphenoid: behind eye, occiput, top of the head.
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