What’s wrong with the pain inside the ear when you get water in it?

Pain inside the ear when water enters the ear may be caused by cerumen embolism, otitis media, otitis externa and other diseases.
1. Cerumen impaction: If there is cerumen impaction in the ear, when water enters the ear, it may cause the cerumen to swell, thus exerting pressure on the external auditory canal, resulting in pain, ear stuffiness and hearing loss.
2. Otitis media: When water enters the ear, it may bring bacteria or viruses from outside into the middle ear, which leads to acute inflammation of the middle ear, resulting in symptoms such as earache, ear oozing, ear pus, and pus from tympanic membrane perforation.
3. Otitis externa: pain symptoms after water in the ear, may be due to the water into the ear contains bacteria or viruses, can lead to infection of the external auditory canal and tympanic membrane, which leads to the external auditory canal and tympanic membrane congestion, edema and other symptoms, resulting in the emergence of the ear screen pain, auricle pulling pain and other symptoms.
When there is water in the ear inside the pain, should pay attention to keep the ear clean and dry, avoid dirty water into the ear. At the same time, it is recommended to go to the ENT department of regular hospitals in a timely manner, under the guidance of the doctor for targeted treatment.