Ear pain can point to a problem elsewhere in your body. (Yahoo Lifestyles Network) While ear pain is often a symptom of an ear infection, sinus infection, TMJ or even earwax blockage, it can also be due to something completely unrelated to your ear. Michael Morris, MD, an ENT in private practice in Rockville, Maryland, and former faculty member at Georgetown University, notes that pain around the ear can be a symptom of a health issue occurring anywhere between the ears and the abdomen. Ive seen a patient who had a kidney tumor with ear pain. You get whats called referred pain. According to Dr. Morris, this can be caused by issues that affect the vagus nerve, which runs from your brain through your ear and continues down through the nose, throat and into your chest and abdomen. I would strongly suggest that if someone has ear pain, make certain the doctor looks around for the cause, because he may find its from elsewhere,” he says.
Posted on: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 23:35:18 +0000