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What is crawling sensation in ear?

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Depends.: You can truly have an insect inside your ear (have seen a small cockroach in a pt's ear canal). So have your doctor take a look. If someone is under the influence of illicit substances (usually cocaine), this is likely from the drugs.

Answered 3/18/2020

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