Otalgia

Ear pain and facial palsy

“…Other causes of otalgia (such as acute otitis media, mastoiditis, or Ramsay Hunt syndrome) should be considered and have been reviewed extensively elsewhere. 5 In this case, the facial nerve has been affected: a known complication of necrotising otitis externa. The facial nerve can be affected because of its course within the temporal bone and proximity to the ear canal, where infection is likely to spread.…”