Swelling inside the ear may be a result of acute otitis externa, and some patients may have an external ear canal boil, or an infected cyst in the external ear canal, and the specific treatment methods are as follows: 1. For these inflammatory disease conditions, antibiotic medications need to be used to achieve the treatment purpose of reducing swelling, and can be taken orally as amoxicillin capsules, cefaclor extended-release tablets, cefprozil tablets, levofloxacin tablets, etc. You can also use Chinese medicine with detoxification and swelling effect, such as Liushen capsule, Yiqing capsule, Niuhuang detoxification tablet, etc.; 2. You can also use antibiotic ear drops in the ear canal, such as oxyfloxacin ear drops, etc.; 3. Some patients may have abscess in the ear canal, which may require further treatment and treatment measures of incision and drainage.