Question: Ear hurting (very sore,all 'round,hardly able to chew food,brush teeth,apply facial cream on area near left ear ect.) In agony throughout..had toothpaste all over my hands/fingers,when (fighting to open a new tube)then noted bubbles(was in bath)going in my ear,wanting to wipe off but had toothpaste all over my fingers,got a blob of it into ear. Wanted to shower it out,but likely just flushed it deeper into ear canal. Was a cold sensation only first,pain & sore feeling started later the same day,got worse the next day &even worse on this day today. Have I caused possible damage?

Thank you very much Sir,for prompt reply. No,of course I was planning to see the g.p. after the weekend. This occurred on Friday,later in the morning and this really bad pain that I can almost not eat started today when I woke up. It first started to feel somewhat uncomfortable in the evening on Friday. On Saturday morning (yesterday) it was feeling like a spot or some sort of sore feeling tension in the ear.not really deep inside,more near the outside of the ear. Because it was irritating I used my husbands otex drops(I thought the slightly oily substance might cleanse out any paste remaining) it was not until this morning that I started to have really severe pain(I don't think painkillers would do a lot, ibuprofen and the like I can't take because of my stomach,cocodamol doesn't seem to have any sort of effect on me for some reason and I'm not fond of meds in general) I will notify you of the outcome(maybe it just subsides anyway after a while,I was only worried I possibly did damage the ear) I appreciate your swift answer, have a lovely evening Medea