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I had extreme irritation, pressure, and discomfort in my left ear tonight, so I got a cotton swab and some peroxide and traced around the inside of the ear canal, very gently. When I removed the swab, there was something attached that looked like it might have been dead skin. It didn't appear to be wax. The tissue, or whatever it was, was in tact and seemed to be shaped as though it were a lining of the ear canal. Shortly afterward, the irritation seemed to subside a little, although I had taken two aspirin tablets.

Let me point out here that this has happened before, periodically, and aspirin does not make it disappear, but removing what I scrape out usually does after a while.

To continue, once the pressure and discomfort subsided some, I began to move my jaw around, rub the outside of my ear, and swallow. This sounds odd to me and all I can do is describe the feeling, but something seemed to come loose and relieve even more pressure. I assumed it was blockage from the eustachion tube. I kept swollowing from high in my throat and it felt like it broke loose and I finally ingested whatever it was. The pressure on my tooth was instantly less and my sinus on that side opened up. Now it's just irritated. the area in my upper throat right in that area feels slightly inflamed but I obviously can't be sure.

Some other things I should mention is that I was told several times after imaging, that I have a tooth growing in to my sinus. Could the tooth be causing this? I'm not sure if it's the wisdom tooth or the molar in front, but I know one of them in that immediate area has penetrated the sinus. I also had neck surgery that helped some, but left me with nerve damage and chronic pain. It's bad enough without anything else amplifying it, but it seems that whatever this ear/sinus/throat condition is, does make it unbearable.

Any advice and especially opinions on what this could be would be very greatly received!