Skin is the soft outer tissue covering vertebrates. Other animal coverings, such as the arthropod exoskeleton have different developmental origin, structure and chemical composition. The adjective cutaneous means of the skin (from Latin cutis, skin).
Sorry to hear about your problem. The numbness in the ear can be due to variety of reasons. Some of them are. Diabetes. Peripheral neuropathy. Sensory nerve trauma. Ear infection. Cold. Cerebro vascular accident. Ear injury etc. As there is no history of trauma, so ear injury and sensory nerve trauma can be ruled out. Diabetes can be detected by undergoing a blood glucose test. This numbness can be caused by a preceding throat infection which can result in ear infection leading to numbness.
Â» Review Causes of Ear fullness: Causes | Symptom Checker Â» | Assessment Questionnaire Â» Causes of Ear fullness: The following medical conditions are some of the possible causes of Ear fullness. There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms. Ear wax; Ear infection; Chronic mild ear infection (see Ear infection)