Affected Salivary Glands : Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis & Treatment

Earache

Ear pain (otalgia) is a symptom of otitis media, eustachitis, foreign bodies entering the ear canal. Soreness also occurs with injuries of the ear, temporal bone, benign and malignant tumors, neurological diseases. To diagnose the causes of pain syndrome, otoscopy, audiometry, radiography and computed tomography of the skull are performed. Analyzes of discharge from the ear, blood tests help to establish the origin of the symptom. To relieve pain, local drugs (ear drops) and systemic analgesics are used. Treatment includes medication and physiotherapy, if necessary, resort to otosurgery.