Ear Pain

 

Last week saw lots of earaches.so writing a brief about it.

 

Pain presenting in the ear can have a direct cause or be due to referred pain from another area that radiates to the ear.

 

Some of the more common direct causes of ear pain include: 

• Wax or foreign body lodged in the ear canal 
• Swimmer’s ear [outer ear infection] 
• Middle ear infection

 In winters,colds [viral & allergic] increase & can lead to ear block.This may eventually cause middle ear fluid/infection-very common in children. 

Atleast steam or some decongestant should be taken in people who get ear block due to colds.

 

 Indirect causes include:

        

• Dental or jaw problems
• Throat infections 
• Nerve related or neuralgias 

Among the indirect causes temporomandibular joint syndrome [jaw joint] & impacted wisdom tooth are common causes.Please note we may not have local toothache in these cases,it may simply be earache.