Every person in his life has experienced the phenomenon that his face and ears are on fire. Popularly this is explained by the fact that at that moment someone is thinking or remembering about the person. It is believed that the ears capture not only sound waves, but also energy emanating from other people.
Perhaps there is some truth in this, since the topic of energy interaction between people has not yet been studied. However, the true reasons for this phenomenon may lie in the physiological problems of the body, so let’s consider the question of why the face and ears burn, from a medical point of view.
Provocateurs of the process
It is impossible to say exactly why the face is burning, since there are many reasons for this. They are divided into the following groups:
- Psychological stress.
- Physiological processes.
- Diseases.
Most of us still half-jokingly believe in folk sayings, but, unfortunately, omens will not be able to alleviate the condition. When the face and ears burn, a person feels heat in the ears and also on the cheeks.
This is a physiological reaction of the body to certain influences. The skin of the cheeks and ears, due to increased blood circulation, changes its natural shade , taking on a scarlet color. Let's take a closer look at the situations in which this happens.
Sudden redness of the face and ears
The face burns by day of the week - signs
Folk signs acquire additional meaning if they are interpreted taking into account the day of the week.
On Monday
- Important or long-awaited news, a letter from relatives, an unexpected phone call.
- Meeting a new person who will play a big role in your future destiny.
- Useful, pleasant information.
- Chatting with friends, inviting you to a party or event.
- A business meeting.
- An unpleasant conversation or forced long-term communication with someone who is very annoying.
On Tuesday
- Meeting with a large and cheerful company.
- Uninvited guests, arrival of relatives, unplanned visit of friends.
- A tempting offer or invitation to a birthday, wedding, bachelorette party.
- Problems with your significant other: mutual reproaches and quarrels are possible.
- Family quarrels, conflicts at work.
- Some unpleasant situation will occur that will affect plans and mood.
Burning face on Wednesday
- Enemies and envious people are discussing you.
- Financial losses and problems in the workplace (at school) await.
- Flirting or romantic date.
- Friendly gatherings, meeting with an old acquaintance.
- Intimate conversations.
- Your face burns and turns red on Wednesday - keep your mouth shut. Don't brag about your achievements and successes, otherwise you will be jinxed. Pay attention to your emotions, learn to control them, this will help avoid conflicts.
- Your loved one is hiding something. His feelings have almost faded away, he is thinking about parting.
On Thursday
- A close friend remembers you. He needs support and help. Don't deny him this.
- Long conversations on serious topics with family members are likely.
- Enjoy your time in new company.
- Disputes with relatives or colleagues at work.
- Trouble, minor worries.
On Friday
- A person in love constantly talks and thinks about you.
- Secret admirer.
- A nice gift.
- Important news.
- Meeting a person who will help and support.
- Friends want to share some secret with you.
On Saturday
- Uninvited guests in large numbers.
- Party, holiday invitation.
- Have a fun holiday.
- Renewal of communication and relationships with old comrades.
- Suddenly a person from the past appears.
- Surprise. If the face on the right side glows, it will be pleasant. On the left - it will bring grief.
Burning face on Sunday
- Problems with money. Theft and loss are likely. Now is not the time to make purchases or invest money in anything.
- An unpleasant situation is brewing in the family. There is a risk of serious quarrel with relatives.
- Conflicts at work.
- A burning face on Sunday communicates: you have made the wrong decision or are completely following the wrong path in life. Reconsider your priorities, make adjustments to your plans, change your goals and your attitude towards situations in life.
- Holiday, fun.
- Walk with a friend.
- A conversation with a friend that risks turning into an argument.
Mental causes
These include:
- stress;
- depression;
- shyness, shame, fear, panic attack;
- unexpected and strong emotions of any kind;
- emotional distress, anxiety.
The human body reacts to any stressful situation with the release of adrenaline, which ensures the expansion of blood vessels on the face, as well as heat.
All of the above factors can take on a state of constant or periodic stress , but mostly they are temporary and then go away on their own. In any case, after an emotional shock, mental balance should be restored .
Regular stress with internal conflict manifests itself not only in burning cheeks and ears, but also as chronic ailments of the joints, accompanied by the desire to pour cool water on oneself.
Face burns due to stress
Tea
With him everything is much more interesting and complicated than with a stuffy bus.
When we drink hot tea, we heat up the veins in our neck. The jugular vein runs next to the carotid artery and also heats it. The carotid artery very quickly delivers heated blood to the brain, and it decides that the person is overheated. To increase heat transfer, the brain causes blood vessels to dilate and increases sweating.
In order not to scare others with a red face while drinking tea, you need to cool it slightly before drinking tea. Or cool your neck slightly by eating something cold. Then this reflex will be interrupted.
Physiological effects
The body also reacts to any external influence by dilating small subcutaneous vessels . As blood flows to the ears, the temperature in this area of the body increases and a feeling of discomfort appears in the form of a burning sensation. This may happen due to the following:
- use of medications . If you take antibiotics and your face burns at the same time, you need to stop treatment and consult a doctor, as an allergic reaction is occurring. In this case, the ear may swell; read what to do in case of swelling here;
- when hormonal levels change , for example, in women, before the onset of a climatic period or puberty in adolescents. But in pregnant women, “unmotivated” flushing of blood to the face is a common phenomenon; it does not signal any abnormalities;
- during intense mental work . Typically, this phenomenon is visible in children while taking a test;
- when smoking, drinking alcohol , spicy food, coffee. Alcohol has a toxic effect on blood vessels, causing capillaries to fill with blood. The vessels of the tip of the nose and earlobes first react to irritation, and with prolonged intoxication, swelling with redness occurs, which is long-lasting;
- after physical activity , sports training;
- if your ears are compressed by a hat or headphones. When accessories are worn for a long time, blood circulation is impaired;
- exposure to heat and sunlight . If you find yourself in such a situation, you need to wear a hat and do not forget to apply cream to the dermis to protect against UV rays;
- influence of ambient temperatures on facial skin. Overheating can occur in a hot room. Blood flows to the ears, which increases heat transfer, thus cooling the body. If a baby has red ears, this may indicate that he is hot because the heat exchange system is not fully formed.
If you are wondering why your face and ears burn every evening? Perhaps this may be due to the change in weather. In any case, if the cause of “flaming” ears is physiological, then you should not hesitate, it is better to immediately consult a doctor and undergo a comprehensive examination.
Face burns due to allergies to cosmetics
Please note that sun exposure or prolonged mental stress can also cause blood flow not only to the ears, but also to the cheeks. In such situations, a left-handed person experiences discomfort in the right ear and right side of the face, while a right-handed person experiences discomfort in the opposite direction.
Nervous system problems
The type of facial redness that is associated with nerve fibers depends on the well-being of the nervous system. If everything is not in order in your head, then your reflexes will be strange.
Sometimes it's a brain tumor, sometimes it's epilepsy. Many types of headaches, such as migraines or spinal injuries, can also be accompanied by facial flushing.
Everything there is terribly complicated and you can’t do without a neurologist. Therefore, if your face turns red for no reason, be sure to consult a doctor.
Diseases
If your face and ears are burning, the reasons may be as follows:
- There are allergies to processed foods, cosmetics, and insect bites. The face bakes and swells due to the abundant release of histamine in response to any irritant. If you look closely, you can notice auxiliary manifestations in the form of a rash and watery eyes.
- Pathological changes occurred in the cervical spine . As a rule, a sharp flow of blood to the head is accompanied by osteochondrosis and pinching.
- Carcinoid syndrome occurs with neuroendocrine tumors. Excess serotonin produced by the tumor has a vasodilating effect.
- Hypertension . Usually, along with burning of the face, headaches in the back of the head and “spots” in front of the eyes are observed.
- Heart pathologies . Atherosclerosis or heart failure. In such situations, hot flashes should be taken extremely seriously, because this can be a symptom of a heart attack or stroke.
- Erythrootalgia or red ear syndrome is a disease caused by cervical spondylosis. With this pathology there is redness and burning pain in the ear.
- Thyroid diseases.
- Infection . If your ear burns and itches for several days in a row, you may have an infection or fungus in the inner ear. See how otitis media manifests itself here.
- Systemic lupus erythematosus.
- Lack of water in the body. As a rule, the ears burn in people suffering from vegetative-vascular dystonia. Normal blood flow is disrupted and the brain is not fully nourished.
- Rosacea is a disease of unknown origin, during which the face turns scarlet and the ears burn. The prerequisite is most often vasospasm, which should be looked for in the region of the V pair of mixed cranial nerves (trigeminal nerve). There is also a rash on the skin of the cheeks. The disease is treated with decoctions of linden and medicinal chamomile.
- Metabolic failure or lack of certain vitamins. You should reconsider your usual diet.
- Streptococcal or staphylococcal infection . Bacteria cause erysipelas on the face and lower extremities, the skin begins to burn, and a scarlet color of the skin appears.
As you can see, the reasons can be not only harmless, but also develop into symptoms of serious diseases. To eliminate the prerequisites, as well as the ailments themselves, consultation with a doctor is required. Only a specialist can prescribe the correct medication treatment.
Rosacea disease
Many people are interested in why the left side of the face and ear are burning. The reasons for this, according to doctors, are the same. In addition, it makes no difference which side the ear burns on. Everything is interpreted alone. The burning sensation occurs solely due to the dilation of skin vessels and blood flow .
In most cases, a unilateral manifestation is characteristic of increased motor or mental work, when one part of the brain functions to a greater extent than the other. This theory is based only on the conclusions of some experts and is not supported by any serious scientific work.
Individual characteristics
To establish why the face and ears are burning, it is necessary to analyze the available additional signs, including the general condition of the patient. When the phenomenon is not accompanied by other symptoms, and the person’s condition does not change, there is no need to worry about this.
Redness, as well as “burning” of the face and ears, may be due to the individual characteristics of the body. That is, the structure of the skin completely affects its color and ability to change color. Thus, individuals with thin, sensitive skin are more prone to this than those with thick skin.
For red-haired people, burning cheeks and ears is normal due to highly sensitive skin
Why is my right cheek burning?
If the right cheek burns, then this is definitely good. For girls, the redness of the face on the right means that her loved one is thinking about her. He misses you a lot and is looking forward to seeing you again. If there are no men in sight, then a burning right cheek promises another pleasant meeting. Perhaps the girl will meet old friends whom she has not seen for a long time, classmates or classmates.
The absence of a lover does not mean that one does not exist in reality. Probably, the girl is not yet aware of the imminent meeting planned by fate for the near future.
A red cheek on the right also means that you will soon experience awkwardness due to unexpected praise. Undoubtedly, such praise will be extremely pleasant, but especially impressionable people will still blush from the number of pleasant words that are spoken to them.
Signs about a burning face allow you to gain a little more knowledge about a person’s surroundings, to understand who is a friend and who is a secret admirer or ill-wisher.
If a burning right cheek is good, then redness on the left side is a bad sign. On this side, the face turns red if someone thinks badly about a person or is planning an unkind or evil deed. To find a possible offender, it is enough to sequentially say out loud the names of all ill-wishers or people once caught in gossip. At the same time, you need to periodically look in the mirror. In the name of the offender, the cheek should lighten or stop glowing red altogether. If the left side of the face remains red, then it is most likely that the person has a strong and insidious enemy. It will not be easy to cope with his slander, but “forewarned is forearmed.”
