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What is in my ear? Ear infection or not? (Pictures)

For the past two days I've been having some pretty bad ear pain. It first started out with my ear itching. Now I have constant ear pain. It hurts when I press on my face by my ear. Or when I pull on my ear. I'm pretty sure my ear canal is swollen and since I woke up this morning everything sounds muffled. I purchased an otoscope on Amazon and noticed something by my ear drum. Is this wax? Or an ear infection? My other ear does not look like this. https://imgur.com/a/eaRAXwU
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Seems you need to be examined by a physician.
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Ugh, ya.  see your doctor.  One thing you can try and I am a fan of cleaning our ears out is a product like Debrox ear drops.  It's a safe way to remove wax.  Don't use a q tip or anything in there.  I had a small sore inside my ear canal at one time that took a while to hear as well.  You sound to be describing that.  Your ears clear up after you are awake a bit?  Again, see your doctor for evaluation.
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