Hello everybody, I discovered this site some time ago and have been following the debate as to what the cause of RES may be with much interest. I have suffered from what seems to be the same condition for several months now and in both ears simultaneously. It was happening on a daily basis, sometimes more than once. It would be coupled with a sort of throbbing sensation in my neck, below my right ear. Aside from this I have suffered from social phobia since my teenage years (I am now 32 years old) and had just finally decided to see a doctor about this. At the same time I brought up the issue with my ears as I felt they were in some ways connected. My social phobia meant that I was under enormous stress on a daily basis and the redness of my ears seemed directly related to how stressed I felt. I became more concerned and preoccupied and self conscious with how my ears looked and this made my phobia even worse. The doctor prescribed me Propranolol which, if I take as prescribed (40mg 3 times daily), ensures not only that my social phobia is at least under control, but that my ears don't get red at all! I sometimes still feel the throbbing sensation in my neck but when I look in the mirror my ears look normal. In fact, sometimes they now look very pale. My point here with the Propranolol is that it is very often used for people with high blood pressure and so perhaps this is a further clue as to the root cause of this problem. I'm no doctor, but it certainly seems to be very much connected to the central nervous system and how it responds to certain conditions. Thanks for your time.
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Hello everybody, I discovered this site some time ago and have been following the debate as to what the cause of RES may be with much interest. I have suffered from what seems to be the same condition for several months now and in both ears simultaneously. It was happening on a daily basis, sometimes more than once. It would be coupled with a sort of throbbing sensation in my neck, below my right ear. Aside from this I have suffered from social phobia since my teenage years (I am now 32 years old) and had just finally decided to see a doctor about this. At the same time I brought up the issue with my ears as I felt they were in some ways connected. My social phobia meant that I was under enormous stress on a daily basis and the redness of my ears seemed directly related to how stressed I felt. I became more concerned and preoccupied and self conscious with how my ears looked and this made my phobia even worse. The doctor prescribed me Propranolol which, if I take as prescribed (40mg 3 times daily), ensures not only that my social phobia is at least under control, but that my ears don't get red at all! I sometimes still feel the throbbing sensation in my neck but when I look in the mirror my ears look normal. In fact, sometimes they now look very pale. My point here with the Propranolol is that it is very often used for people with high blood pressure and so perhaps this is a further clue as to the root cause of this problem. I'm no doctor, but it certainly seems to be very much connected to the central nervous system and how it responds to certain conditions. Thanks for your time.