Can pharyngitis cause earache

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Most of the time, you may not associate laryngitis with earache, and think there is no necessary relationship between the two, but the fact is not as simple as you think. Let's talk about whether laryngitis can cause earache.

Can pharyngitis cause earache

First: pharyngitis caused by ear pain is a common phenomenon, often considered to be caused by ear disease, because pharyngitis ear pain symptoms are more common in clinic, and its etiology is complex, so most patients did not pay attention to pharyngitis ear pain, pharyngitis caused by ear pain is a common phenomenon, often considered to be caused by ear disease.

Second: pharyngitis ear pain causes include nerve reflex, pharyngeal sensory nerve is mainly glossopharyngeal nerve and vagus nerve. The sensory fibers of glossopharyngeal nerve were distributed to the mucosa of pharynx, tonsil, base of tongue, tympanum and mastoid chamber. The pharyngeal branch of vagus nerve was distributed in pharynx and the auricular branch in ear.

Third: complicated with acute otitis media, suffering from acute pharyngitis, pharyngeal mucosa and submucosal tissue congestion swelling, secretions increase, can cause to the middle ear eustachian tube pharyngeal orifice blockage. If laryngopharyngitis and otodynia spread to eustachian tube, it will cause acute eustachian tube inflammation, obvious swelling of tube cavity, obstruction of ventilation and drainage, gas in middle ear cavity will be absorbed, forming negative pressure, leading to acute catarrhal otitis media.

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Therefore, pharyngitis can cause ear pain, we should not ignore this point, so if you find ear pain, you might as well consider to see if it is caused by pharyngitis, first of all, you have to know clearly what causes to make a judgment.