Hi all, I had a really severe case of this last night at a social function. I wanted to split because of embarrassment, but because of the occassion I hung in there. I'm 47 and have basically had this all of my life. I first noticed it as a very young child. My folks used to wash our hair and then put us in front of a heater. I got chill blains on my ears as a consequence. Temperature is then definately an issue and always will be. I get red ears and very, very extremely hot ones at times on both ears. Because of the temperature thing I've never owned a heater, nor ever had a heated house. If I'm in a heated place I have to move to the furthest part of the room very quickly. Curiously for me I only get hot red ears in winter as in summer even on the hottest days I am not affected. I live in Sydney, Australia and its gets very hot here in summer. I am bald and wear glasses so the hot red ears thing is a major form of embarrassment as you can imagine if you suffer from it. I'm sure I suffer from ADD though I've never had this tested. This is exacerbated though when in social situations when the red ear thing is happening, like last night. I can't relax in social situations when it occurs not only because of the embarrassment but also because of the pain which then feeds into lack of concentration etc, etc. Despite being bald I am in fact good looking with good features so that is an upside. Still though when the extreme red ear thing happens I become so self conscious that I'd rather hide than be in ANY social situation. Other time frames of the 'dreaded red' usually happen at night and rarely during the day. But I guess thats because I've acclimatised myself the 'temperature' situations. I'm 'very fit' although I smoke a fair bit and drink lots of beer at times. I know that - that is a contradiction - being fit and smoking and drinking, but there you go. My pain was so bad recently from 'hot ears' that i started putting ice on my ears. It kinda worked for momentary relief. I had to do this when I was trying to sleep and the pain was SO bad. Sleeping on either ear exacerbates the situation obviously. So only sleeping on your back will help. But for comfort reasons that is not practicable. Anyway, the tongue thing worked!! Well for now and I'll keep trying it! Perhaps it is a 'yin and yang' thing. Balancing your body? I am currently single but again I've never had problems with the opposite sex. Another contradiction! There is a fair amount of paranioa in the above I guess but life is about being your best and being comfortable in all situations, social and otherwise. The dreaded red ear definately holds me back. It is painful, physically and socially. But its not all there is in life and not all there is to it. If i'm aflicted to it for ever more I'll grin and bear it and try to hang in there in all situations, painful though that may be at times. The world is and can be a beautiful place. There is many other people out there with greater problems than I. But I'm so glad I googled this site! Its great to hear others are afflicted by the same thing and through communication perhaps we can work it out?
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Hi all, I had a really severe case of this last night at a social function. I wanted to split because of embarrassment, but because of the occassion I hung in there. I'm 47 and have basically had this all of my life. I first noticed it as a very young child. My folks used to wash our hair and then put us in front of a heater. I got chill blains on my ears as a consequence. Temperature is then definately an issue and always will be. I get red ears and very, very extremely hot ones at times on both ears. Because of the temperature thing I've never owned a heater, nor ever had a heated house. If I'm in a heated place I have to move to the furthest part of the room very quickly. Curiously for me I only get hot red ears in winter as in summer even on the hottest days I am not affected. I live in Sydney, Australia and its gets very hot here in summer.
I am bald and wear glasses so the hot red ears thing is a major form of embarrassment as you can imagine if you suffer from it. I'm sure I suffer from ADD though I've never had this tested. This is exacerbated though when in social situations when the red ear thing is happening, like last night. I can't relax in social situations when it occurs not only because of the embarrassment but also because of the pain which then feeds into lack of concentration etc, etc.
Despite being bald I am in fact good looking with good features so that is an upside. Still though when the extreme red ear thing happens I become so self conscious that I'd rather hide than be in ANY social situation.
Other time frames of the 'dreaded red' usually happen at night and rarely during the day. But I guess thats because I've acclimatised myself the 'temperature' situations.
I'm 'very fit' although I smoke a fair bit and drink lots of beer at times. I know that - that is a contradiction - being fit and smoking and drinking, but there you go.
My pain was so bad recently from 'hot ears' that i started putting ice on my ears. It kinda worked for momentary relief. I had to do this when I was trying to sleep and the pain was SO bad. Sleeping on either ear exacerbates the situation obviously. So only sleeping on your back will help. But for comfort reasons that is not practicable.
Anyway, the tongue thing worked!! Well for now and I'll keep trying it! Perhaps it is a 'yin and yang' thing. Balancing your body?
I am currently single but again I've never had problems with the opposite sex. Another contradiction!
There is a fair amount of paranioa in the above I guess but life is about being your best and being comfortable in all situations, social and otherwise.
The dreaded red ear definately holds me back. It is painful, physically and socially.
But its not all there is in life and not all there is to it. If i'm aflicted to it for ever more I'll grin and bear it and try to hang in there in all situations, painful though that may be at times. The world is and can be a beautiful place. There is many other people out there with greater problems than I.
But I'm so glad I googled this site! Its great to hear others are afflicted by the same thing and through communication perhaps we can work it out?
Peace to all!
Mark from Sydney, Australia!