 [ Symptoms ] water in ear extremely painful causes disorientation and sever headaches when i get water in my ear its stuck there for days it is very painful and causes very bad headaches i become disoriented and lose balance i am tired of wonder what the issue is it all started after an exact incident i dove into the water and instantly was in pain could not tell which way was up and immediately had a headache later on there seemed to be a bit of dry blood in my inner ear any input would help thanks [ Disease ] that diving incident may have caused a traumatic rupture of your eardrum now when you get water in your ear it is causing pain perhaps because this rupturehole is still open the only way to confirm this possibility and to provide you with some appropriate treatment would be for you to see a medical professional specifically an ent specialist