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Pain 1.5 cm above angle of mandible
There is slight pain just above the angle of mandible and in front of auricle...on left side actually it's midway between the angle of mandible and auricle...it's slightly tender on tapping...and I feel the same pain was radiating slightly to my upper teeth on left side..2 days back...but now I don't feel any pain in the upper teeth...but I feel like my left ear is slightly paining because of using headphones always...so I have stopped using them since 2 days...but I don't understand why is it paining infront of auricle just above the angle of mandible...first I thought it's bone pain...but it doesn't seem exactly like bone pain...it's weird kind of pain...I don't understand why it's all of sudden...never experienced this before...first time...and also...only since 2 days and sudden in onset...no other symptoms...I have taken diclofenac only one tablet each day...becz I initially thought it was something related to.teeth...but it's not...is there any suggestion...and what medicines?
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Are you using the mobile directly on the ear?
Do you chew on one side of the jaw while eating?
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*try soft foods only for a week
*do not.clean the war or use buds ever
*do not keep mobile on the ear. use a speaker phone.
*hot fomentation in front of the ear twice Daily
use a pain killer tab if required
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do not self clean ear
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Hello sir... ur description of pain is in and around ear, there many causes which i could think of , dental, ear, mandiubalr joint, styalgia, referred otalgia parotiditis, lymphadenitis... try consulting an ent surgeon ...if u cant have an appointment physicaly look for online consultation atleast
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Consult ent surgeon
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Warm water, aboid hard foods like cashew, dry dates, chikkis etc ... prefer liquids or semisolids
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Quiet an unusual site of pain as you described.
Please look whether there is any lymphnode that you can feel along the border of mandible.
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its looking like Temporomandibular joint tenderness...
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consult for confirmation
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warm fomentation....avoid chewing hard things from that side
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Dr. Ashil Manavadaria
ENT/ Otorhinolaryngologist
9 yrs exp
Gandhinagar
Yes, it seems like t.m. joint tenderness.
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avoid solid food, take analgesics, diclofenac gel local application.
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sos OPG
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