I've been having trouble with nerve pain on the left side of my body. Started in my neck, moved to the shoulder and down the arm....now my left ear hurts along with my left sided molars in my mouth.

Now I know this sounds like an ear infection, but it seems to react to my bad neck If the nerve in my neck acts up, then the ear pain starts. This is a stabbing like pain and it comes and goes. I remember ear infections being a constant pain.

I googled "ear pain and multiple sclerosis" and there are cases of ear pain associated with MS. Anyone else had it?

I've been under a lot of stress due to aging mother in nursing home and I can certainly feel MS issues linked with stress. I just hope it all stops soon. The only thing that allows me to sleep at night is if I take 2-3 Alleve. (600mg)

I don't have any experience with ear pain with MS, but I hope you get some relief soon!

I recently had something similar. And it was the left side of my face and head....right around the eye/ear area. I think it was TN but it only lasted one day and it wasn't constant pain, either. Just sort of shooting, stabbing pain that would come and go. I'm glad it left!

I can vouch for this. I've had basically the same occur as well thinking it's TN too.

I've had ear pain for years that comes out of nowhere. I'll be minding my own business and all of a sudden I'll be grabbing my ear and trying to hold my eardrum in, because it feels like someone is stabbing me with a giant icepick.

I dont know what causes it, and it usually will happen out of the blue, and then will go away and I wont feel it again for a month or more.

I've never actually associated it with the MS, but I guess that could be one explanation.

I've never had ear pain with MS, but like everything with MS, seems anything is possible.

I would have that checked out by the doc though, karilann. There are so many things that could cause that and I'd hate to see you ignoring some kind of infection at the risk of exacerbating the MS.

Ear pain is not constant with an infection, and it is generally worse when you are laying down (which is why the kids seem fine in the day, but cry so much at night when they get one). If it is something like that, I found a good homeopathic treatment for the pain, called "Traumeel", by Heel. It doesn't treat the infection at all . . . just the pain . . . but it works like magic.

Cherie