 [ Symptoms ] inside of my left ear and palatine tonsil is very swollen and red help  i am 23 years old female the inside of my left ear hurts every time i try to swallow anything just under the ear whatever it is it is very swollen you can clearly see the bump with your eyes on my neck inside the mouth the very end wall and palatine tonsil are very red and hurts whenever i touch it i do not have any fever or runny nose or sore throat throat does not hurt i tried taking some antibiotics but it is not working well maybe it is a viral infection   please help <negative_smiley> [ Disease ] not usually swimmer is ear otitis externa typically causes inflammation only in the ear canal fever is usually associated with more systemic whole body reactions fever is the body is normal response to fighting off infection and inflammation but that response may not be coming from the ears please keep in mind that a person can have more than one medical issue at the same time    those symptoms need not be related for instance a person can have a viral infection resulting in fever as well as having swimmer ear due to something else