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I'm experiencing side head pain when i push my ear tragus down, what could this be?
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Nerve connections: Your tragus is primarily cartilage which is innervated by a branch of your trigeminal nerve which continues up the side of your head. Any inflammation in this area or pressure points to the tragus can cause "referred" pain because of the anatomical connection. Pain which persists more than 5-7 days in the same area should be evaluated by an ENT doctor.
Answered 9/26/2016
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