Problems running in the cold...help!

mandamommy78

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Has anyone ever experienced ear infection-like pain when running in cold weather?? It hurts so bad that it almost feels like my throat and head hurt too :confused:
 
I've done some googling and can't find anything definitive but yahoo answers offers up this:


Weirdly enough, breathing in cold air really fast while exercising can give you ear pain; it happened to me. Wrap a scarf around your mouth when you exercise outside, so the air you breath in and out is filtered through the scarf and warmed by your previous breathing. (Wear chapstick, though, because the condensation from your breath may chap your lips!)
 
Mandamommy - I don't want to concern you - but you might want to have the ear pain checked out by a doctor - too much medical information available on the web can be a dangerouos thing to googlers like me (I can give myself cancer 2 x a day if i work at it)

In some cases, does show itself as an ear infection

Two cases are described in which cardiac ischemia presented with pain confined to the ear. In both cases the correct diagnosis was missed and treatment delayed. Angina and myocardial infarction may present with pain in the ear due to referral via the vagus nerve

While it's probably just because of the cold - the fact that it's happening after exercise would be worth a call to the doctor...
 
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