My daughter is having intermittent, a couple of minutes, of stabbing outer ear pain, around the cartilage, does not go down her neck, no paini nside her ear, no headache, slightly red, slightly swollen, warm to touch. No ear piercings or trauma. Started hurting earlier today, continued all day, unrelieved by ibuprofen. She is in tears it hurts so bad.
Hi, Welcome to Chat Doctor. I understand your concern regarding your daughter, but unfortunately, any inflammation in outer ear is extremely painful as the skin over the external ear is stretched tight and any kind of inflammation will cause lots of pain. I suggest you avoid touching the inflamed ear frequently, get a prescription for an antibiotic cream with steroid which will soothe the inflamed area and continue with the painkillers. Once the swelling comes down, pain will reduce instantly.thanks.