American United States Air Force colonel, aeronautical engineer, NASA astronaut, test pilot, and businessman Frank Frederick Borman II suffered from numerous sinus and mastoid problems.
Frank Borman illness: What disease did Frank Borman have?
When Frank Borman was young, he suffered from numerous sinus and mastoid problems in the cold and damp weather, his family moved to the better climate of Tucson, Arizona, which Borman considered his hometown.
According to research, the pyramid-shaped maxillary sinus or antrum of Highmore is the largest of the paranasal sinuses, located in the maxilla. It drains into the middle meatus of the nose through the semilunar hiatus. It is located to the side of the nasal cavity, and below the orbit.
The mastoid cells also called air cells of Lenoir or mastoid cells of Lenoir are air-filled cavities within the mastoid process of the temporal bone of the cranium. The mastoid cells are a form of skeletal pneumaticity. Infection in these cells is called mastoiditis.
Source: Ghanafuo.com
