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Occasional headaches with pain shooting through ear, what is this?
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Nothing special: The nerve [trigeminal nerve] is the one involved in giving the painful sentation in the facefor this type of symptoms.. Many things in the face may produce the type of painful sentation you describe.
Answered 7/25/2014
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