Swollen ears may be caused by acute otitis externa, auricular chondritis, otitis media and so on.
1. Acute otitis externa: if the patient’s external auditory canal is infected by bacteria or viruses causing local inflammation, it may cause abnormal edema and congestion in the local area, which may manifest as swollen ear pain.
2. Purulent chondritis of the auricle: when the cartilage of the auricle is infected and local inflammation occurs, when the inflammatory factor stimulates the local mucous membrane tissue, it will lead to the symptoms of swollen ear pain.
3. otitis media: if the patient himself suffers from otitis media disease, in the onset of the disease, may make the secretion abnormally increased, flow to the external auditory canal parts and its mucous membrane tissue stimulation, which will appear in the ear pain and swelling of the symptoms.
Swollen ears can also be caused by eczema, allergic reactions, trauma and other causes, the specific causes of the patient to go to the hospital for examination to confirm.