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Well, if it's actually the case, a viral infection of this type typically lasts 7 to 10 days, but sometimes lingering symptoms can persist for another 5 to 10 days in some persons.
If you feel pressure in your face around your cheek bones and forehead, possibly even your teeth ,then I would be concerned whether you may have developed sinusitis. If the pressure is elsewhere, then it may possibly represent mere lingering symptoms from viral infection. If the pressure continues, a plain x-ray of your sinuses would reveal whether sinusitis is present. It's also possible to have otitis media (an inner ear inflammation), which can cause similar symptoms. It is primarily seen in children, but instances do occur in adults and usually follows some type of bacterial or viral infection of the upper respiratory system.
In any event, you shouldn't worry that this represents a mass or anything like that if such concern exists. The kind of response observed from such circumstances is entirely different than feeling pressure. It doesn't work like that. Most space-occupying masses interfere with brain tissue function and depending upon the precise location of the mass, patients begin to have seizures or can't talk or walk or demonstrate odd behavior, and pain is typically the last symptom among these features to appear. You stated that your doctor "looked behind your eyes" but I would be surprised if anything were to be abnormal in that regard. With masses or other issues that can affect the optic nerve, we typically see something known as a Marcus Gunn pupil, or a pupil that has a rather paradoxical effect when exposed to light by comparison to the normal eye. We can also see inflammation of the optic disk and other signs of possible neurological involvement, but as I said, this is not a concern for you.
If your symptoms persist beyond a total timframe of 2 weeks or grow worse in the interim, then by all means seek examination to determine whether post infection of your sinuses or inner ear inflammation may be present.
Best regards and Good Health
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