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Originally Posted by mrsD
Also, many of the cranial nerves go thru the cavernous sinuses
in the skull...these also carry blood vessels. This can get very complex, and I don't know all the details, about it.
But infections can penetrate to these cavities (they are not the same as the sinuses we are more familiar with). The infections can arise on the face where certain areas drain in that direction.
(often called the "triangle of death")
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cranial_nerves
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cavernous_sinus
There was a very serious Mystery Diagnosis involving this special sinus area... involving the eye.
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Makes me really wonder if I should go with the mad scientist lyme doctors year of antibiotics.