Sharp ear pain often results from a fairly harmless issue, such as an altitude change or infection. Here, learn more about the causes and when to see a doctor.

This article looks further into ear popping pain, what may cause it, how a doctor may diagnose it, what the pain may feel like, and possible treatment options.

Dealing with pain or pressure in your ear, neck or throat is not only uncomfortable, it could also be a sign of an ear infection. While you might assume ear infections are a childhood bother, they ...

I get intermittent pain behind my right ear. It does not happen all the time and it is not something that I can determine the cause of. I could be sitting watching TV when I get this throbbing pain ...

Ear pain can result from infections, ear-wax buildup, sinus issues or jaw problems. It's essential to identify the cause to get the right treatment, and relief.

A 12-year-old girl presents to the guest columnist’s office with a red, painful right auricle. The onset was yesterday, and it is worse today.

Fact checked by Nick Blackmer If you feel a sharp pain in your jaw after taking a bite of food—especially something sweet or sour—you might have a rare condition known as “first bite syndrome." People ...

A woman who was struggling with ear pain discovered that the source was a tick — and its babies — that had set up home right next to her ear drum.

Stimulating the vagus nerve through the ear improved knee pain for some patients, according to early trial results published recently in the journal Osteoarthritis and Cartilage Open.

Scientists are lending an “ear tickler” to women experiencing pain from endometriosis. Endometriosis — which causes heavy and painful periods — develops when tissue similar to the tissue ...

Sharp pain on one side of your throat when swallowing can occur for many reasons. Learn about possible causes, along with treatment options, and when to see a doctor.

For sometime now I have had a dual problem (a) I experience pain in my inner ear to my right ear and (b) pain and swellings (but without excretions) to my left pinna. For problem (a) I have visited ...