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Extreme outer ear pain: What can it be?
Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) | Last Active: Aug 8, 2023 | Replies (402)Comment receiving replies
I've had this problem for many years. It is not due to some injury or nodule.... Nor do I think it to be infection. I do not sleep on pillows due to intense pain from anything even slightly touching my ears.. tried the pillow with a whole and that worked for some nights but generally I go pillow free. There is a gap between my ear and the mattress that allows me to sleep. I've given up on help from "doctors" long ago (I hope doctors realize they have lost credibility) opt to figure it out for myself. Recently I was unusually sick with flu and ended up with pillow under my head for some time with no pain. I think (if it lasts) the solution for me was my use of all homeopathic cell salts (for almost 1 year now) including calc flour to improve Elasticity!!! / I have varicose vains but believe this helped my ear cartilage) vit d3 supplements, k2 mk-7, magnesium spray on skin. Basically improved mineral levels and Vit D levels. Note I am not a doctor, but again most of them never helped me ...
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@docless- I would like to commend your reply. You have tapped back into your own intuition and self reliance. You are giving examples of what it means to address the entire body as a whole, as an entire working system that all communicates together.
And to be in tune to what your body is trying to communicate.
What doctors will never admit is that they wish to be seen as regular human beings that don’t know it all. And that they wish their patients would take more ownership of knowing themselves. But this goes against what society has created, so they have to play the role of the Almighty.
Sometimes the best doctor is one who says “I don’t know”.
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I have had the same type of pain in my left ear cartilage. I have degenerative discs and bone spurs above and below my C5/6/7 anterior fusion done in 2006, and I believe it is caused by nerves being pinched. It comes and goes. I don’t sleep with a regular pillow either. I have a memory foam travel neck pillow I bought at TJMax that I use so my ears don’t touch anything during sleep. I also get jaw pain below my ear (TMJ?)
I haven’t sought treatment for it as I have other more serious conditions I’m seeking treatment for right now, but it is really uncomfortable when it happens.
NJ