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Ear pain, jaw hurting, fullness, what is it?

Two days ago, Friday night, my ear started to hurt. I thought it would go away if I just went to sleep, but no, the next morning it was much worse. My ear felt full, and it is clearly swollen. My jaw also hurts, when I try to chew or move it sideways. What could this be? Is this TMJ disroder, or is this an ear infection. With an infection, can the jaw hurt. I don't hear any popping noises when I move my jaw.

Update:

Correction, my jaw does not hurt, my ear hurts when I move my jaw.

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  • ?
    Lv 4
    5 years ago

    Ah, I merely had a matching adventure. My jaw harm so undesirable i could no longer sleep. All my night on line learn enable me to think of I had meningitis and that i grow to be gonna die. Then the dentist advised me all I had grow to be... tension, lol. curiously as quickly as we are under pressure, we are able to channel that with the help of clenching our the teeth at night. He reported i purchase a night-shelter, which i've got no longer accomplished yet a minimum of i comprehend it is no longer micro organism waiting to liquify my techniques. time table a pass to alongside with your dentist or an ear-nostril-throat rfile.

  • 10 years ago

    I think it's TMJ because I have TMJ and have the same prOblems also including locking of the jaw and eat ringing

  • Anonymous
    10 years ago

    it sounds like you either have a swollen ear canal or have punctured your eardrum. Is there a chance you have something stuck in your ear? Even if you're sure there's no foreign body in it, your ear WILL only get worse without treatment. Please, please see a doctor as soon as possible and they will prescribe you antibiotics and special painkillers, because usually ordinary painkillers don't really help. Good luck, I hope you feel better soon =)

    Source(s): It happened to me before. =/
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