For a normal reading, your blood pressure needs to show a top number thatâs lower than 120, and a bottom number thatâs lower than 80. When both your systolic and diastolic numbers are in these ranges, then you are considered by the American Heart Association (AHA) to be within the normal range for blood pressure.
It hurts over the joint immediately in front of the ear but pain can also radiate elsewhere. It often causes spasm in the adjacent muscles that are attached to the bones of the skull face and jaws. Then pain can be felt at the side of the head (the temple), the cheek, the lower jaw, and the teeth.
There are cases of ear pain as the only symptom of heart disease. However, this pain is usually located in front of the ear, not behind the ear. Heart disease presenting as ear pain is sometimes called âCardiac Otalgiaâ. As the most common cause of pain behind the ear is a neck-related problem, you should consider looking at what you can do to sort out your pain. Pain in or around the ear can be difficult to diagnose, as the nerve supply of the ear is complicated.