Ear pain in the middle of the night woke up mainly related to acute otitis media, otitis externa, foreign body.
1. Acute otitis media: acute inflammation of the middle ear mucosa caused by bacterial invasion of the middle ear, commonly seen in patients with colds or acute infectious diseases of the respiratory tract, which can be manifested as tinnitus, ear pain, hearing loss and so on. Acute congestion and swelling of the tympanic membrane can easily occur at night, thus causing sudden earache.
2. Otitis externa: it is due to infection that causes boils to form in the skin follicles of the external auditory canal, the pain is more intense, and you will feel pain when you accidentally press the external auricle in the middle of the night when you sleep.
3. Foreign body: due to unhygienic living environment, when sleeping in the middle of the night, small flying bugs, cockroaches and other insects can enter the ear and move inside the ear, which will lead to local mucous membrane rupture and thus cause severe earache.
Ear pain in the middle of the night may also have other reasons, it is recommended to go to the hospital in a timely manner, improve the examination to clarify the cause of the disease, give targeted treatment or treatment.