A sudden pain in the ear that comes and goes may be a neuropathic stabbing pain, or it may be related to a tumor, etc. There will be a sudden pain in the ear, pain and then suddenly disappear, come and go very quickly, the pain is a cut-like, pinprick-like in the ear, etc., may be a neuropathic pain, usually neuropathic pain in the ear and viral infections related. Such as pharyngeal nerve pain caused by severe pharyngeal, pharyngeal nerve in the ear there is a branch, can lead to involving pain in the ear. It may also be related to a viral infection in the ear that develops herpes zoster, which forms around the ear and simultaneously involves the trigeminal nerve, and the patient develops symptoms of significant neuralgia. In addition, tumors of the external auditory canal, middle ear and throat may also cause paroxysmal transient ear pain symptoms, such as adenoid cystic carcinoma of the external auditory canal and middle ear cancer. If the symptoms are frequent, it is suggested that patients should go to the ENT department of regular hospitals for consultation and diagnosis.