What Causes Inflammation Of Ears Along With Heaviness In Head While Sleeping?

At night, I wake up multiple times, with my ears feeling so hot that I must change the part of my pillow to a spot that is cooler, but almost immediately, my ears become hot again, and I must repeat the need to switch to another cooler part of my pillow. During this time, my head also becomes hot and feels like it weighs like a hundred pounds. This has only recently been happening, almost the same time that my feet were diagnosed with neuropathey. Any ideas would be helpful. I sleep on my sides.