NSAIDs reduce pain, inflammation and swelling while helping the body return to a normal temperature. When the body is injured or ill, it releases an enzyme known as COX. NSAIDs help control two specific types of COX enzymes, COX-1 and COX-2.
If you have an outer ear infection or a middle ear infection, your ears may be filled with a fungal or bacterial infection. This will likely temporarily affect your hearing and may make your hearing sound muffled in the affected ear.
Earwax only causes problems when there is an excessive accumulation, leading to a blocked ear, which can affect hearing. A blocked ear may also be painful. When the earwax build-up hardens and blocks the ear canal, it forms a plug (blockage). 1  Vertigo - a sensation of slight loss of balance, a feeling that you are moving when you are not.  Cough - this is are and may be caused by nerve-stimulation from the inside of the ear when pressure in the area is increased.