An earache, also known as otalgia, is ear pain that can originate from inside or outside the ear. Ear pain can be caused by issues in the external, middle, or inner ear, though the pain feels the same. Common causes of ear pain include ear infections, impacted teeth, sinus issues, throat infections, and migraines. Ear infections are especially common in young children and may develop as a side effect of other contagious illnesses like colds.

1. OTALGIA
EARACHE
Oleh:
• FERRY FAHMI
• NENENG
• SUNENGSIH H
• RIBET HARTATI

2. OTALGIA OR AN EARACHE
Otalgia or an earache is ear pain.
Primary otalgia is ear pain that originates
inside the ear.
Referred otalgia is ear pain that
originates from outside the ear.

3.  Otalgia is not always associated with
ear disease.
 It may be caused by several other
conditions, such as impacted
teeth, sinus disease, inflamed
tonsils, infections in the nose and
pharynx, throat cancer, and
occasionally as a sensory aura that
precedes a migraine.

4. Ear pain can be caused by disease
in the external, middle, or inner
ear, but the three are
indistinguishable in terms of the pain
experienced.

5. External ear pain may be:
 Mechanical: trauma, foreign bodies
such as hairs, insects or cotton buds.
 Infective (otitis
externa): Staphylococcus, Pseudomonas,
Candida, herpes zoster, or viral Myringitis.

6. Middle ear pain may be:
 Mechanical: barotrauma (often iatrogenic),
Eustachian tube obstruction leading to
acute otitis media.
 Inflammatory / infective:
acute otitis media,
mastoiditis.

7. Often migraines are caused by middle ear
infections which can easily be
treated with antibiotics.
Often using a hot washcloth
can temporarily relieve ear
pain.

8. Children
It is not unusual for an ear infection to
develop in early childhood. Although
they're not contagious, ear infections
can occur as side effects of
contagious illnesses—colds,
coughs, or eye ailments like
conjunctivitis