A client presents in the healthcare provider's office with complaints of headache and malaise.The nurse assesses the client and finds that the client has severe pain when the sinuses are palpated.The nurse would suspect which of the following disorders?

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Severe pain when the sinuses are palpated is a classic symptom of sinusitis, an inflammation of the sinuses. Mastoiditis is an infection and inflammation of the mastoid bone behind the ear and would not cause pain when sinuses are palpated. Chronic allergies may cause headache and malaise but would not cause pain when sinuses are palpated. Anemia may cause fatigue and malaise but would not cause headache or pain when sinuses are palpated.

A Client Presents in the Healthcare Provider's Office with Complaints