My wife was was blessed with bad teeth. She recently had several pulled , but still has a few bad ones. That being said, she just recently was diagnosed with an ear infection. She let it go to the point of hearing loss and fever. She is a very stubborn woman. I was just rubbing the back of her head and noticed swelling at the bottom of her skull on the same side and also felt and mastoid is swollen as well! I realize the seriousness of this, but she continues to shrug it off, am I correct in my concern?