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Pain in a line from back of head to ear?

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Pain in head : Head pain near the ear. This can be muscle pain, spinal pain, an enlarged lymph node, pain from a muscle in the neck called the sternocleidomastoid muscle, ear infection, skin problem

Dr Kuitems and 2 doctors agreed

Answered 7/7/2019

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