no "red hot ears" is not usually a problem with your blood pressure but it is "vascular". in most cases this unusual phenomenon is just a variation of blushing -- warm red blood is shunted to your outer ears giving them that red appearance. unlike other blushing this is not necessarily caused by embarrassment or other triggers; it just happens. for some people the ears can uncomfortably hot or even painful. to the very least it can be embarrassing. there is very little that you can do for this but since you mentioned blood pressure the use of a class of drugs called beta-blockers has been used for red hot ears. these are use for high-blood pressure preventing migraines and other cardiac problems. sometimes it helps; sometimes it doesn't. it would be up to you to convince your doctor to prescribe them for this purpose. red hot ears are harmless but if you consider the problem severe beta-blockers may be worth a try. there are many discussions about red hot ears on webmd's ear nose and throat community board. if the ear is red and hot only along the top two thirds or so where the cartilage is located and the tip of the ear or the ear lobe is still close to normal in color the problem could be relapsing polychondritis. this is a very rare autoimmune disease that attacks the cartilage in the body and is not limited to the ear. it can attack the trachea heart valves eyes joints and connective tissue. this can be a very dangerous disease that is very difficult to diagnose as only about 3 or so people out of every 1 million ever develop the disease. mayo clinic has a good easy to understand write up about it. if you suspect that this may be your problem after reading the mayo and/or other articles you would do well to contact a rheumatologist and mention it to him/her. be sure to bring up the name "relapsing polychondritis" as most doctors have never seen this disease. it took me ten years to get diagnosed. i have the same issue and i see it was suggested to try beta blockers here. given that it does not seem to be an issue to be concerned about is it worth to run the risk of beta blocker's side effects to deal with this? thanks for your answer. hi - i've had the same problem for the past 3 - 5 years; for no obvious reason one or both ears suddenly heats up most often at night. if this happens while i'm sleeping i end up with a migraine so what i do is drink a lot of water before i go to sleep - meaning i have to wake up to pee; i then also douse my ears and neck with water to cool down. kind of unpleasant but it's the only way i know to fend off a day-long fuzzy-brain headache. about the beta-blockers: i was given one (propranolol) for the migraines; took it for about 18 months but it didn't seem to make a huge difference. and it didn't have any impact at all on the hot ear syndrome. hope this helps. i had red ear syndrome and although ibcouldnt find a trigger i visited a chiropractor for a different reason. after an adjustment on my neck my ear immediately turned red. i then returned for about 5 neck adjustments and he fixed the problem. that was five years ago and i'm convinced movement in my neck was occasionally hitting a nerve.
my ears get red suddenly is that a blood pressure issue? . i work 3rd shift and it seems to happen in the early morning. but happens more often now at other times.