IF YOUR drink is scalding hot you may expect to have a sore throat but for some people this can also trigger ear ache, says consultant ear, nose and throat surgeon Henry Sharp.
"This is because the same nerve – the glossopharyngeal nerve – supplies the ear and throat, and then the ear receptors become confused, so what is actually damage to the throat may lead to what feels like ear ache," he explains.
It’s what we call referred pain – when an injury to one part of the body causes pain elsewhere. Simple painkillers like paracetamol should help, he says.
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