Earache

Earache can be a sharp, dull or burning ear pain that comes and goes or is constant. One or both ears may be affected.



Contact your GP or local out-of-hours service if: you or your child also have other symptoms, such as a high temperature (fever), vomiting, a severe sore throat, hearing loss, swelling around the ear, or discharge from the ear there is something stuck in your or your child’s ear the earache doesn’t improve within a few days

Symptoms

Eardrops or olive oil drops should not be used if the eardrum has burst, and they will not help an ear infection.

If you or your child has an ear infection, you should avoid putting objects in the ear, such as cotton buds, or getting the affected ear wet.