After doing some quick research in the internet, I think I may have found the name of my problem... It was yesterday that I started feeling some pain on my right ear. Well it pains when I pull my ear, when I push it, or when I do something that shakes my head. I got a bit (or very?) worried that I had to research on ear pain just now. I stumbled on this diagnostic tree-structured like something about ear problems and I followed the questions openly. It lead me to this problem called Otitis Externa. At first I was hesitant to open since it says "swimmer's ears" and I haven't been swimming lately. But I opened anyways.

Otitis externa — commonly known as swimmer's ear — is an infection of the ear canal, the tubular opening that carries sounds from the outside of the body to the eardrum. It can be caused by many different types of bacteria or fungi. This is my first time to hear of such problem. Let me quote, "But you don't have to swim to get swimmer's ear. Anything that causes a break in the skin of the ear canal can lead to an infection. Dry skin or eczema, scratching the ear canal, vigorous ear cleaning with cotton-tipped applicators,... can all increase the risk of developing otitis externa." And I remembered I cleaned my ears last weekend using cotton-buds . Oh noes.

That made me conclude I MAY have otitis externa. It's really painful. I don't have any hearing problems though or any yellow pus thing dripping on me ear. If this stays after the finals week, then I may have to ask my mom to go with me to the hospital or wherever (I don't know). I just wish this won't worsen. D:

Photo credit: kidshealth.org

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