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• lud@lemm.ee ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  What about the fever?

  I’m no doctor but it just sounds pretty unlikely that congestion is what is causing the headache. Sounds more likely that a virus is causing both.

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  • Devi@kbin.social ⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The virus is causing both in a roundabout way, but congestion does cause the headache in most colds and flu (and also covid, which is where I learnt this, working with covid patients). It's because your sinuses are blocked, and they cause pain behind the eyes, across the forehead, and more generally the front of your brain as it spreads.

    Most people will take a painkiller for the headache, but usually a decongestant is actually more effective and longer lasting.

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