Eating spicy ear pain may be due to the effect of nerve reflexes in the throat and external auditory canal, or it may be caused by inflammatory diseases of the outer or middle ear in the first place.
1. Nerve reflex: The vagus nerve contains both motor and sensory fibers, and the branches of the vagus nerve may be distributed in both the external ear canal and the throat. If you eat something too spicy and the mucous membrane of the throat is overstimulated, there may be a nerve reflex between the branches of the vagus nerve, resulting in a painful sensation as the nerves in the ear also show signals of irritation.
2. Inflammatory diseases of the outer ear or middle ear: if the patient himself has otitis externa or otitis media, when eating too spicy food stimulation, it may lead to the aggravation of the original disease, resulting in ear pain symptoms.
Therefore, if you have the symptom of ear pain after eating spicy food, it is also recommended to go to the hospital in time, to clarify the cause of targeted treatment.