Possible causes of Ear pressure

21 conditions can cause this symptom. Most common are listed first.

• Cauliflower ear (wrestlers ear) Common Pediatric
• Cerumen (ear wax) impaction Common Pediatric
• Otitis externa (outer ear infection) Common Pediatric
• Otitis media (middle ear infection) Common Pediatric
• Pharyngitis (throat infection) Common Pediatric
• Tympanic membrane (ear drum) rupture Common Pediatric
• Abrasions
• Bell's palsy (facial muscle weakness)
• Bullous myringitis (middle ear infection)
• Cellulitis (skin infection)
• Contact dermatitis (contact skin irritation)
• Contusion (bruise)
• Ear laceration (skin cut on the ear)
• Ear swelling
• Hemotympanum (blood behind ear drum) Urgent
• Labyrinthitis (dizziness and vertigo)
• Meniere's disease
• Parotitis (salivary gland inflammation)
• Ramsay Hunt syndrome (varicella infection)
• Rhinitis (nasal inflammation)
• Sinusitis (sinus infection)