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Severe ear pain

2018-02-21 09:15:57
Suddenly at night my ear started paining.. It was unbearable so I took a pain killer, but it is still paining. Is there anything to worry about? Base of my tongue is also involved in the pain. I have a but cold I guess not proper cold, but yesterday only I felt that I am gonna catch cold. Can you please tell me what is going on?
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Its called acute otitis media which means middle ear infection due to cold can cause the above symptoms or simply even wax can also cause ear pain Get it checked with ENT doctor early

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