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Extreme outer ear pain: What can it be?

Ear, Nose & Throat (ENT) | Last Active: Dec 13 11:28am | Replies (405)

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@patandpete

Hello, I have just joined the Mayo Clinic, and hoping that someone can help me. For a long time now I have been having severe outer ear pain when I lay on them at night , it is disturbing my sleep so much, tossing from one side to the other for relief for a little while, I cannot lay on my back due to a back condition scoliosis, this is really getting me down, and continues for a while even after I get up, my doctor does not know what it is , has tried some analgesic cream, but that's not working, I have tried numerous pillow types, even an expensive hole in the middle one , with no relief, please can anyone help. I did see that someone on here had help after taking calcium with vit d, has anyone else tried this ?.

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Hi, @patandpete. Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I'm very sorry to hear you have had so much pain in your outer ear and that treatments so far have not helped.

You'll note I merged your post with this conversation, where members like @1luckytexan @saraann @gls58 @nibor63 and others have been talking about very similar experiences. Hoping they may have some insights for you on this pain you are experiencing when you lie on your ear(s) at night.

@patandpete - can you share a bit more about whether you experience this during the day at all and what the pain feels like (e.g., stinging, sharp pain, burning)?