A few days ago I was slapped in the ear, it was not very painful, there was no pop or any fluid, but I did notice a slight numb feeling, there was no pain after as well as very, very slightly muffled hearing, this feeling was getting starting to disappear. After about 6 days, I went swimming in a pool, I didn t do any diving and I noticed the water was really hurting my ear, and I was struggling to get it out. Over the next hour or so my ear began to hurt constantly, but what really worries me is that when I close my nose, I can force air out of my ear into the open, this is accompanied by some yellowish drainage. I am currently ill, have a lot of mucus in my nose, and am using a steroid nasal spray to combat swelling, is my ear drum ruptured, or could it be caused by an infection?