I have had hot flashes, face, ears, feet, etc. for several years. I have had allergy tests and am not allergic to anything. It happens every day about 2:00 p.m. It is miserable. My feet burn and face burns and I have to sleep with cold towels on my face. The only thing that has helped is I take Ultram a non narcotic pain killer that relieves the pain. I notice that under stress it flairs up and it also flairs up when it is hot. I can't tolerate heat at all. My doctor has no clue, but at least he has provided me some relief with the medication.
I have the same problem, although only occasionally. I have read up on this condition extensively, and although there are a few (very rare) disorders that can cause flares in the ears, the explanation is most likely one of the following: 1). A food allergy can present as redness and heat in the ears, so see if there is a correlation between anything in your diet and the red ears; 2). Core body temperature is tightly regulated, and sometimes the body needs to release excess heat for whatever reason (stress, hormones, weather etc), and the body avoids a fever by radiating heat through the skin, particularly on the face and ears.
The cause for each individual will, of course, vary, but odds are that one of the two above reasons is the culprit (as evidenced by the enormous number of people who experience this problem). My best advice is to closely monitor what you are doing when the ears start to go hot. If it is triggered by diet, this is easy enough to change. If it is triggered by temperature, cooling yourself off is the best bet.
My ear flushes are random, but for those people who experience them at the same time every day, this sounds like a circadian rhythem to me -- perhaps you have a daily routine which is exposing you to the same flush-inducing conditions at the same time every day, or the flushes are related to your daily hormone fluctuations.
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I have had hot flashes, face, ears, feet, etc. for several years. I have had allergy tests and am not allergic to anything. It happens every day about 2:00 p.m. It is miserable. My feet burn and face burns and I have to sleep with cold towels on my face. The only thing that has helped is I take Ultram a non narcotic pain killer that relieves the pain. I notice that under stress it flairs up and it also flairs up when it is hot. I can't tolerate heat at all. My doctor has no clue, but at least he has provided me some relief with the medication.
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I have the same problem, although only occasionally. I have read up on this condition extensively, and although there are a few (very rare) disorders that can cause flares in the ears, the explanation is most likely one of the following: 1). A food allergy can present as redness and heat in the ears, so see if there is a correlation between anything in your diet and the red ears; 2). Core body temperature is tightly regulated, and sometimes the body needs to release excess heat for whatever reason (stress, hormones, weather etc), and the body avoids a fever by radiating heat through the skin, particularly on the face and ears. The cause for each individual will, of course, vary, but odds are that one of the two above reasons is the culprit (as evidenced by the enormous number of people who experience this problem). My best advice is to closely monitor what you are doing when the ears start to go hot. If it is triggered by diet, this is easy enough to change. If it is triggered by temperature, cooling yourself off is the best bet. My ear flushes are random, but for those people who experience them at the same time every day, this sounds like a circadian rhythem to me -- perhaps you have a daily routine which is exposing you to the same flush-inducing conditions at the same time every day, or the flushes are related to your daily hormone fluctuations.