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Chronic Sinus Inflammation Appears to Alter Brain Activity

This shows a person blowing their noseResearchers link the inflammation associated with chronic sinus infections to alterations in brain activity in networks that govern cognition, external stimuli, and introspection. The findings shed light on why people suffering from sinus infections often report poor concentration and other short-term cognitive problems.

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  1. A ThoughtApril 11, 2021 at 8:39 AM

    Brain is an organ known to have two way communication i.e. it listens to the organs under its control and it talks to the organs it controls. it is clear by anatomy that mucosa of sinuses are innervated by fibers of fifth cranial nerve going to brain by entering in brainstem and reaching up to thalamus and sensory cortex and thereafter indirectly connected to other areas of brain. Chronic inflammation in sinuses will surely be communicated to brain but how much and what kind of changes or say adaptations will happen in brain is topic of research. This study has started to work in this direction but need more subtle cognitive changes detecting clinical parameters to be included in further study.

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