Ear pain after tongue biopsy?

momtowandv

Hello. I had a tongue biopsy a little over a week ago. I still have a fair amount of pain and fullness in my ear (same side as biopsy). I wake up at night with a stabbing pain in my ear. During the day, it's mostly a dull ache right next to my ear, where my jaw starts. The oral surgeon suggests I go back to a soft diet and take ibuprofen, and see how it goes. My results came back negative, but the lingering ear pain concerns me. 

Anyone that would be willing to share their tongue biopsy experiences as it relates to length of healing and ear/jaw pain would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!!

 

 

ozymandible

Hello.  In your head there

Hello.  In your head there are nerves that refer pain all over the place.  The nerve on the side of the tongue in particular will refer pain into your ear.  The last time I had a biopsy was before surgery and my ear pain never went away until then.  I used to put lidocaine on a qtip and dab in my ear to stop the pain but it didn't last.  All that referred pain went away when I had my surgery.  The surgeon actually cut out the nerve because tuat's where my cancer was.

momtowandv

ozymandible said:

Hello.  In your head there

Hello.  In your head there are nerves that refer pain all over the place.  The nerve on the side of the tongue in particular will refer pain into your ear.  The last time I had a biopsy was before surgery and my ear pain never went away until then.  I used to put lidocaine on a qtip and dab in my ear to stop the pain but it didn't last.  All that referred pain went away when I had my surgery.  The surgeon actually cut out the nerve because tuat's where my cancer was.

Thank you, ozy. I hope you

Thank you, ozy. I hope you are doing well. I'm just a little disturbed because I didn't expect this feeling of ear pain/fullness for so long after the biopsy. 

ozymandible

momtowandv said:

Thank you, ozy. I hope you

Thank you, ozy. I hope you are doing well. I'm just a little disturbed because I didn't expect this feeling of ear pain/fullness for so long after the biopsy. 

I know.  It's very unpleasant

I know.  It's very unpleasant to have an earache all the time. 

momtowandv

ozymandible said:

I know.  It's very unpleasant

I know.  It's very unpleasant to have an earache all the time. 

I am glad your ear pain is

I am glad your ear pain is finally gone.I made an appointment with my general practitioner for next Friday, if I am still have issues, then I will go that route. 

 

Thank you for your replies : )

LitlCJdoll

Your Path report was negative

Your Path report was negative for malignancy ??!!! Oh my, be Joyous!! Be happy and go kiss someone and go dance in the rain.

That's great news indeed. 

Be grateful !

LitlCJdoll

Buckeyegirl76

https://csn.cancer.org/discussion/323605/ear-pain-after-tongue-biopsy

I just had a biopsy on the side of my tongue and am having pain in my jaw and a fairly severe ear ache. I found a document from an oral surgeon's office that said moderate to severe ear pain was normal. Did your pain resolve itself? If so, how long did it take?