 [ Symptoms ] bad ear infection dont know what to do help have ear infection for 2 12 months been to emergency room they gave me amoxicillin and drops and never worked kept getting worse so i went to phycician and he have me cypro and ear wax removal as he told me there was alot of wax built up made it completly worse as i woke up yesterday morning and my ear is burning and stinging inside and very stiff on the outside and i cannot hear anything out my ear and my cheeckbone is very sore can barely open my mouth what should i do [ Disease ] hi this can happen if you have an underlying infection clean and debride the wound thoroughly with dettol and betadine dress it daily untill it becomes healthy start antibiotics for speedy recovery thanks