about 5 days ago i was having a lot of itching and irritation in my left ear. so as a natural reaction, i scratched and poked at it all day. probably a bad decision. the next day i woke up i was very light headed. this lasted all day. the following my day my left ear began to have some pains, very mild though, and the light headed feeling was still there. then the 3rd day, i began getting very intense headache pains off and on, the ear pain was still there, and the light headed feeling was still there. also, my face on the left side began to feel numb and i couldnt function on the left side of my face, most noticably i couldnt move my mouth on that side only, which is very frustrating. now for the last two days, my ear really doesnt hurt anymore, my head has mild pains every now and then but ibuprofen pretty much takes care of that, but the numbness and light headed feeling is still there, so i have been light headed for 5 days straight with no break in that feeling, and numb on the left side of my face for 2 full days, no break in that feeling. most of my friends and family say its probably an inner ear infection. i am concerned and am just curious if this sounds like inner ear infection symptoms? any help is greatly appreciated