Swelling pain behind the ear may be caused by mastoiditis, lymphadenitis behind the ear, sebaceous cysts, etc., you should consult a doctor in a timely manner, after clarifying the cause of the disease, targeted medication, surgical treatment and other treatments.
1. mastoiditis: the pain behind the ear is swollen may be purulent otitis media development of mastoiditis caused by the people suffering from this disease will have ear bulging sagging, swollen earlobes, redness behind the ear, etc., it should pay attention to rest, and actively use penicillin antibiotics for anti-infective treatment, such as the local inflammation has developed into an abscess, the local fluctuating sensation can be considered incision and drainage of pus.
2. Post-auricular lymphadenitis: swollen behind the ears and pain may also be some diseases of the head and neck drainage to the post-auricular lymph nodes, caused by lymphadenitis, such people should pay attention to rest, the need to actively treat the primary disease, the pain is serious when the use of ibuprofen and other symptomatic treatment.
3. sebaceous cysts: swollen behind the ear pain may also be sebaceous accumulation of cysts secondary infection caused by such people in the non-acute infection will also have localized cysts, this time should be actively using cephalosporin antibiotics for anti-infective treatment in the non-acute phase of the infection control for excision.
There may be other reasons for the swelling and pain behind the ear, and it is recommended that the patient consult a doctor in the hospital to identify the cause of the disease, and under the guidance of a professional doctor to carry out active treatment, so as to avoid delays in the condition. All of the above medications and treatments should be carried out under the guidance of a doctor.