What medication should I take for the swelling and pain in the first half of the head behind my ear?

Swelling and pain behind the ear head half pull head may be neuralgia, vascular headache, myofasciitis and other causes, the treatment of the use of non-steroidal antipyretic analgesic drugs, neuralgia drugs, muscle relaxants.
1. Neuralgia: the swelling and pain behind the ears of the head and a half of the head may be behind the ears of the nerve is stimulated by some kind of lesion caused by neuralgia, pressure on the painful parts may lead to pain aggravation, you can take drugs for neuralgia, such as carbamazepine tablets, pregabalin capsules, gabapentin capsules, and so on.
2. Vascular headache: the head behind the ear half of the head swelling and pain may be tired and cold stimulation of blood vessels caused by vascular headache, pressure on the painful parts will not lead to pain aggravation, you can take non-steroidal antipyretic and analgesic drugs, such as aspirin, acetaminophen.
3. Myofasciitis: The swelling and pain behind the ears of the head and half of the head may be caused by cervical spondylosis myofasciitis, common in cervical spondylosis can take muscle relaxants, such as compound chlorzoxazone tablets, ethylpiperidone hydrochloride tablets.
The head of the head behind the ear half pull head swelling and pain is recommended to go to the hospital for formal examination, clear cause, the use of medication to follow the doctor’s instructions, do not self-medication, any abnormalities in a timely manner, so as not to cause more serious consequences.