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Was sleeping & randomly woke up to excruciating pain in right ear. it popped and now the pain will not go away the pain has been here for over an hour

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Dr. Philip Miller answered

Urgent care or ER: you may have a ruptured eardrum or an ear infection. Get seen and examined now.

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Answered 9/19/2017

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