At the yearly meeting of the American Academy of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery Foundation, researchers presented information that recurring sinus infections may be linked to body aches and pains present in aging adults. Patients who underwent sinus surgery were less likely to suffer from the Pain after the surgery.

Dr. Alexander Chester studied the findings of 10 studies involving more than 900 patients with recurring sinus infections and troubles. The studies included questionnaires about overall body ailments, aches and pains.

The result of the analysis lead Dr. Chester to link sinusitis with reports of body aches and pains. The pains associated with the sinusitis were of the same severity as the aches and pains reported by elderly patients suffering from Arthritis and / or Depression.

Further research into the patient case studies found a clear reduction in the reports of body aches and pains after the patients with recurring sinusitis underwent surgery to clear up the sinus problems.

The pain relief associated with the sinus surgery comes as a shock to most patients who thought the two conditions were not linked.