The other day, while eating breakfast, my two year old suddenly started crying and grabbing behind her ear and it was over as quickly as it started. It has happened several more time in the over the last few days. It really seems to hurt her and the only thing we can do is hold and hug her until is passes. We took her to the doc on Saturday and he said it’s most likely just fluid in the ear from a recent cold and to give her Motrin or Tylenol. I’m not sure I really like or trust his answer (he’s missed an ear infection a few days before she had tubes put in).
Has anyone else experienced this and if so how long did it last?
maybe his jaw is out of line, either way a misalignment can cause severe ear pain. I would find a great family chiropractor....cant see how motrin or tylenol is going to help that....gotta love how that is the answer to most things he doc cant fix
My toddler experience this because he had fluid in his ears that caused an infection in his jaw. However, he also had swelling in his jaw. He was hospitalized for one day and given antibiotics. If swelling occurs, it might be an infection. But, he was also in extreme pain too.
could be tmj... you might want a dentist to xray her.
I would think about taking her to the dentist or calling your dentist...her jaw could be popping or something. just a thought. good luck, hope things get better.
my jaw has been sore this week and occasionally pops and hurts really bad for a second. sounds like her jaw might be slightly off...mine happened cause i slept funny so for 1 or 2 days it ached into my ear and popped sometimes too. i haven't seen a doctor for it cause it fades on it's own for me.
Did you ever find out what this is? My kid is doing the exact same thing, starte about 2 weeks ago and still going strong...only at mealtime.
I suggest a new doctor. She might be having problems with her tubes and he might be missing it. Or take her to her ENT and see what he/she might think the problem is. Everything around 'there' is all connected, so she might be having complications. The sinuses, ears, jaw, teeth are all connected. I would demand to get in ASAP to get an evaluation. Luckily we were able to avoid tubes by taking our son to the chiropractor, so, that would be my 2nd suggestion if the ENT can't find anything. Good luck! Poor girl. :(
I sent you a message earlier bc it wouldn't let me respond to your question but I was thinking does she have all of her baby teeth? My youngest I could have sworn had ear infections and it was pain from teething every time.
When my daughter was around 3.5 and had been sick for a few days with ordinary but not severe cold-like symptoms, she was asleep in bed one night and suddenly began screaming and writhing while holding her ear. I had no idea what was happening, and although she was a precociously verbal child who would ordinarily have had the ability to articulate what was going on, she was in so much pain that she couldn't talk. As I was frantically looking for blood, or a bug bite, or anything that I might be able to see, her cries gradually subsided until she was able to tell me that something in her ear had "popped." I called our pediatrician's office to ask the doctor on call whether I should take her to the ER, and he told me that it was likely an ear infection, and that the build-up of fluid in her ear had finally caused the ear drum to burst. I thought that sounded AWFUL, like maybe her hearing could now be permanently damaged, but he assured me that the ear drum does heal, but that I should come into the office right away in the morning to have her ear examined and medication prescribed.
Sure enough, our pediatrician confirmed in the morning that her ear drum had burst because of a fluid build-up (I had no idea that she was even experiencing a fluid build-up!), and he prescribed an oral antibiotic as well as another antibiotic that had to be poured into her ear canal twice a day for 10 days with an eye dropper while she lay on her side, and then she had to stay like that for about 10 mins. so that the antibiotic would settle into her ear and not spill out. I would sit and read her books, so that made it more bearable for her, but honestly, it was awful. What kid that age would be okay with your pouring liquid into their ear and then their having to lie still for the next 10 minutes? Fortunately, we got through those days, but I hope to never repeat them.
It sounds like your daughter may have something similar going on. If so, hopefully you can get the problem diagnosed and addressed before her ear drum pops. It was awful to see my daughter experience that kind of agony, compounded by the fact that there was nothing I could do to help her.
