Ear pain is a symptom that can occur due to any of the reasons stated above. However, here are a few associated symptoms mentioned which might help you recognise ear pain:
- Pain in your ear which may be sharp, dull or burning pain; for a short or long duration or due to pain in your teeth, jaw joint (temporomandibular joint) or throat
- Fever
- You may be irritable.
You can notice the following symptoms of ear pain in babies and children:
- Tugging at ears.
- Difficulty in hearing.
- Trouble sleeping.
- Difficulty in maintaining body balance.
- Fluid drainage from ears
- Children with earaches might be fussy.
- Children may cry more due to earache.
- After an ear infection, many children might experience a little hearing loss, which is temporary. However, in rare cases, repeated ear infections can lead to long-lasting hearing loss.
If you have a swimmer’s ear, you might experience:
- Discharge from the ear- yellow-green or yellow pus-like discharge, which has a bad smell
- Worsening of ear pain on pulling the outer ear
- Your ear or ear canal might itch.
- Loss of hearing
If you have malignant otitis externa, in addition to the above symptoms, you might also experience:
- Weakness in muscles of the face
- Foul-smelling, yellow or green discharge from the ear
- Difficulty in swallowing
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