What causes pain behind the ear? It turns out it is caused by these 5 reasons

Pain behind the ear is a condition that many people will experience in their lives, but what exactly causes pain behind the ear? Most people don’t know that the symptoms of pain behind the ear are actually caused by the long-term tension and fatigue of most nerve activities. Let’s take a closer look at it below!

1. Due to the long-term tension and fatigue of neural activity, or strong mental stimulation causing brain functional disorder, the threshold of pain tolerance is lowered and the head muscles are tense. Most of the pains are distending, dull and stabbing, which will be aggravated by excessive fatigue, overwork, lack of sleep and bad mood, accompanied by dizziness, blurred vision, insomnia, inattention and palpitations.

2. If it is simple scalp pain, it may also be caused by external stimulation, inflammation, scalp disease, etc. Therefore, do not take any medication without thorough examination. It is best to go to a professional hospital for a thorough examination and listen to the doctor's advice.

3. Pain behind the ears can also be a clinical syndrome caused by vascular spasm in the head, vasoconstriction dysfunction, cerebral cortex dysfunction, or temporary changes in certain body fluid substances. This syndrome is also called vascular headache. The main symptoms are paroxysmal pulsating pain, distending pain or drilling pain in one or both temporal areas, which may be accompanied by hallucinations, photophobia, hemianopsia, nausea and vomiting and other symptoms of vascular autonomic dysfunction. This shows that vasoconstriction dysfunction is also one of the causes of pain behind the ears.

4. Physical factors: Various causes that can cause inflammation and injury inside and outside the skull; vascular traction, stretching, displacement, and expansion due to compression by tumors; irritation of the meninges; muscle contraction; direct stimulation of the sensory nerves that control the head and face, etc., can all cause neuralgia.

5. There is also the possibility of trauma: this is more obvious and intuitive. Patients often suffer injuries to the scalp surface due to external factors, such as chemicals, knife wounds, burns, poisoning, etc. Redness and swelling are the main symptoms.