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. 2021 Feb 26;71(704):135–138. doi: 10.3399/bjgp21X715181

Box 3.

Red-flag symptoms

Unilateral nasal symptoms
Bleeding
Crusting/scabbing within the nasal cavity
Cacosmia (perceived malodorous smell)
Orbital symptoms (swelling, visual symptoms, or ophthalmoplegia)
Severe frontal headaches
Frontal swelling
New neurological/meningitic symptoms