Hello all, Wow there is sure alot of red earred people up in here :) Well I too suffer from this effect and it it usually one ear and sometimes both. I am 36 and have dealt with this problem most of my life. When I was a kid I would flush easy. Being a man it was rather embarrassing to have hot flashes the same time my mother was as she went through menapause lol.
It usually occurs after I get hot like after physical excercise or get in any kind of hot weather. I thought If I would tan indoors maybe it wouldn't be that noiceable. However, after hitting the tanning bed my ear would be ablaze for about 10 hours straight and is aggrivating. Sometimes for no apparent reason what so ever, I can be working in doors as I usually do in a medical office where its about 65 degrees with air conditioning and then all of a sudden my left ear just goes fire red. I can feel its on fire without even touching it. Could this be hormonal? I have not checked for cancer with special test, but my CBC and Basic metabolic panel is perfect. Once again I have been suffering from this for pretty much most of my life so I doubt its cancer. It has got to be a genetic thing is my thinking.
I also suffer from Vasomotor Rhinitis. If you do not know what this is, I would encourage you to look this up. I would like to make an educated guess here (been in the medical field for 13 years as a R.N. and Paramedic). I would probably guess that most of us have this condition (Vasomotor Rhinitis - hypersensitivity towards odors like perfume, cologne, candles, exhaust fumes, cold weather changes, cigarrete smoke etc.) You do not have to have all of these, as sometimes I can actually wear cologne and be around certain scents, but sometimes my body goes crazy. There is medication called Astelin that really helps with Vasomotor Rhinitis, but unfortunately I can't see how it could really help the entire body of a hypersensitive individual. Wish someone can help with this. Heck I would be willing to take an injection 5 times a day if it would help!
I have just started getting red hot ears, and face and sometimes my neck. I haven't read all of these blogs but can't wait. I definitely see connections that I was already thinking of. 2 1/2 months ago I was diagnosed with hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) and now with a mild low blood pressure which I appear to have had for a few years, but my symptoms are worse now. There is a link between low blood sugar and low blood pressure, and links to both of these are allergies. I always get allergies during spring (now in Southern Hemisphere) so I'm thinking there's a connection to this, and that it's worse now that I have these conditions. I also have been told that both conditions have probably been caused or onset by stress. I have had big stress in the last 2 years, I try not to but it doesn't always work! I also work at the computer and find I get a lot of tension. I'm just listing my symptoms in case you get this too. Maybe they're all connected. I'm now going to record types of food reactions as no doubt I have one that is the biggest underlying cause, I have been told. I'm guessing dairy. If I find out soon I will post the results.
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Hello all, Wow there is sure alot of red earred people up in here :) Well I too suffer from this effect and it it usually one ear and sometimes both. I am 36 and have dealt with this problem most of my life. When I was a kid I would flush easy. Being a man it was rather embarrassing to have hot flashes the same time my mother was as she went through menapause lol.
It usually occurs after I get hot like after physical excercise or get in any kind of hot weather. I thought If I would tan indoors maybe it wouldn't be that noiceable. However, after hitting the tanning bed my ear would be ablaze for about 10 hours straight and is aggrivating. Sometimes for no apparent reason what so ever, I can be working in doors as I usually do in a medical office where its about 65 degrees with air conditioning and then all of a sudden my left ear just goes fire red. I can feel its on fire without even touching it. Could this be hormonal? I have not checked for cancer with special test, but my CBC and Basic metabolic panel is perfect. Once again I have been suffering from this for pretty much most of my life so I doubt its cancer. It has got to be a genetic thing is my thinking.
I also suffer from Vasomotor Rhinitis. If you do not know what this is, I would encourage you to look this up. I would like to make an educated guess here (been in the medical field for 13 years as a R.N. and Paramedic). I would probably guess that most of us have this condition (Vasomotor Rhinitis - hypersensitivity towards odors like perfume, cologne, candles, exhaust fumes, cold weather changes, cigarrete smoke etc.) You do not have to have all of these, as sometimes I can actually wear cologne and be around certain scents, but sometimes my body goes crazy. There is medication called Astelin that really helps with Vasomotor Rhinitis, but unfortunately I can't see how it could really help the entire body of a hypersensitive individual. Wish someone can help with this. Heck I would be willing to take an injection 5 times a day if it would help!
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I have just started getting red hot ears, and face and sometimes my neck. I haven't read all of these blogs but can't wait. I definitely see connections that I was already thinking of. 2 1/2 months ago I was diagnosed with hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) and now with a mild low blood pressure which I appear to have had for a few years, but my symptoms are worse now. There is a link between low blood sugar and low blood pressure, and links to both of these are allergies. I always get allergies during spring (now in Southern Hemisphere) so I'm thinking there's a connection to this, and that it's worse now that I have these conditions. I also have been told that both conditions have probably been caused or onset by stress. I have had big stress in the last 2 years, I try not to but it doesn't always work! I also work at the computer and find I get a lot of tension. I'm just listing my symptoms in case you get this too. Maybe they're all connected. I'm now going to record types of food reactions as no doubt I have one that is the biggest underlying cause, I have been told. I'm guessing dairy. If I find out soon I will post the results.