Sinus Infections, Mycotic & Fungal Aneurysms, Headaches, Light Sensitivity

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I’m starting a new topic because my aneurysm coincided with another issue which I’m just coming to understand: I have come to understand this summer that I have had 4-year long, very bad sinus infection and I did not know it.
In fact, that is how my aneurysm was first diagnosed: my left ear felt clogged and an ENT did an MRI. The MRI revealed the aneurysm (see: 17 mm Aneurysm in Anterior Inferior Cerebellar Artery (AICA) Treated Endovascularly by Flow Diverter 10/13/22 - General / personal-stories - Brain Aneurysm Support Community).
I have come to realize that it is likely that large parts of my light sensitivity (Post Surgical Headaches - Suggestions for Deal - General - Brain Aneurysm Support Community) have been due to my sinuses being very clogged.
I wanted to start this topic because I have been wondering about the connection between the sinus problem and the aneurysm. I.e., there are some papers which suggest that sinus infections which spread to the brain can cause aneurysms. See for instance the following:

  1. A artery weakened by past trauma
  2. Trigeminal and other nerves not doing their job fully (perhaps affected by fungus or other infection)
  3. The sinus infection itself, swelling things up, perhaps leading to some weird pressure?

I just wanted to start this topic to gather other user stories – to see if anyone else’s aneurysms were preceded or accompanied by a sinus infection.

After going to 7 ENT’s (over 4 years) for the clogged ear problem, I am finally being treated by a naturopathic doctor with Ozone gas (up the nose and in the ears) and I am seeing significant improvement in the clogged feeling in my ear and lessening of the watery sounds.

I am just wondering if other people have any experience with this.
Please share your stories.
Thanks.

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My diagnosis date was 7/28/2025 and days leading up to my diagnosis I had an ear infection that spread to my sinus this with a nasty headache landed me in the ER.

I also wondered if there was a connection to the infection but was told that based on the size and location, I was probably growing it for a bit. Mine was also 17 mm!

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Really interesting topic! I didn’t have a sinus infection, just really bad allergies, so no help there.

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Just wanted to add a few more resources/Stores about this topic.
I want to stress that I am not a doctor and I have no idea what really caused my aneurysm: I did have head trauma previously. But no drug use or anything. I’m really just posting to try to understand the sinus issue which I still can’t clear up.

I just keep thinking: if you have a 21 mm aneurysm, and you get it treated endoscopically (i.e., they don’t open your head and take it out), what happens to that piece of dead artery?

It all just seems like ill health from Covid, mold, and my aneurysm all just coincided, but that’s all it might be a coincidence.

A few more stories from our forum:

Some other internet resources