What causes a headache accompanied by ear pain?
A few days ago I took a nap and woke up with a severe headache. The headache has not yet gone away. It has been 3 days. First comes the headache, then comes the ear pain in one year. I also get pain behind my eyes. I had an ear infection a few months ago and the ear pain I have now doesn't seem bad enough to be an ear infection. Any ideas on what caused all this? Excedrin and Advil don't seem to help at all.
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1. It could still be residual fluid from the infection, or it could be a migraine caused by inflammation (I've had migraines with this pattern before). If you've had this headache for 3 days, though, you should see a doctor to make sure it's not something more serious, or to get treatment if there's still infection in your ear, sinus, or any of the other places that are linked to those systems. If it's a migraine that's not going away, the doctor will also have medication that will help that - I know from experience that sometimes over the counter meds don't do enough for a serious migraine.2. From you description looks pretty obvious that headache is caused by ear infection. You should take care of it first, and headache will diminish after source of it will be gone.
