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Hello, I Wake Up With My Left Ear Aching After

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Posted on Fri, 6 Dec 2019
Question: Hello, I wake up with my left ear aching after sleeping on it. It has been happening for 9 months but the ache/pain seems to be getting worse. The ache only ever happens after I sleep on the left ear and wakes me up. I was worried I had a ear Tumor or brain tumour.
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Follow up: Dr. Dr. Rajat Basak (49 minutes later)
I have been using olive oil ear drops for 2 dats but I still get the ear ache when I wake up. The doctor examined the ear and said there is no infection but to try olive oil ear drops
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Answered by Dr. Dr. Rajat Basak (33 minutes later)
Brief Answer:
Hii. This pain ear after getting bup from sleep may be many reasons. I opin

Detailed Answer:
Hii. This pain ear after getting bup from sleep may be many reasons. I opine that you are having allergic rhinitis with eustachian tube dysfunction. The eustachian tube is the connection between ear and nose and it maintains pressure between them. When you are allergic inflammation of the eustachian tube, it fails to get opened and as a result pressure within the ear is not maintained properly. This causes pain in the ear. This is the most common cause I have found in practice. But there are other causes like inflammation of the oral cavity, back of the throat and dental problems. These problems can also present with ear pain. Don't think about tumour or cancer. Stay positive. Consult an ent surgeon and do a audiogram, impedance audiogram. By seeing these tests we can have an idea if there is any disease in the ear or not. Do a x ray sinus to check your sinuses. Do a rigid nasal endoscopy to check your nasopharynx(back of nose) and nasal cavity. Sometimes patients nasopharyngeal tumour present with unilateral pain. Get your endoscopy done and get cleared that you are having any nasopharyngeal tumour or not. You can start fluticasone spray and saline nasal spray to reduce the allergic reaction in the nose. You can start antiallergic tablet levocetrizine and steam inhalation. Review with the reports and if everything is normal then you can stay relaxed. Later if you are too much anxious about any tumour then you can do a MRI brain but it's costly. So I will advise you to wait, do the following tests and start the above medicines. Do give any type of oil in the ear as it can cause harm in the eardrum, ear canal. Please review if you have any queries.
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Nagamani Ng
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Hello, I Wake Up With My Left Ear Aching After

I have been using olive oil ear drops for 2 dats but I still get the ear ache when I wake up. The doctor examined the ear and said there is no infection but to try olive oil ear drops