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Ear pain, also known as earache or otalgia, is pain in the ear. [1] [2] Primary ear pain is pain that originates from the ear.Secondary ear pain is a type of referred pain, meaning that the source of the pain differs from the location where the pain is felt.
Ear infection symptoms usually include a fever, ear pain or fullness, and a headache in children and adults. Antibiotics clear up most ear infections.
The inner ear includes sensory organs for balance and hearing. When the inner ear is inflamed, vertigo is a common symptom. Other symptoms in adults include pain and drainage from ear or problems with hearing. [8] Symptoms in children can include excessive crying, touching at ears, drainage, and fever. [8]
Otitis media is a group of inflammatory diseases of the middle ear. [2] One of the two main types is acute otitis media (AOM), [3] an infection of rapid onset that usually presents with ear pain. [1]
Tenderness of pinna [6] is the predominant complaint and the only symptom directly related to the severity of acute external otitis. Unlike other forms of ear infections, there is tenderness in outer ear, [ 6 ] i.e., the pain of acute external otitis is worsened when the outer ear is touched or pulled gently.
It can also be a sign of an inner ear infection or problems with blood supply to the inner ear. In some cases, vertigo may be a symptom of a stroke . Some additional causes of vertigo include:
Some mastoiditis is caused by cholesteatoma, which is a sac of keratinizing squamous epithelium in the middle ear that usually results from repeated middle-ear infections. If left untreated, the cholesteatoma can erode into the mastoid process, producing mastoiditis, as well as other complications.
Getty (2) Left: Stock image of a tick; Right: Stock image of a woman's ear.