Hello kind people, hope you're doing good. I am writing here in hope to connect with people who can help analyse what's wrong with my ear. It started 3 months back when I dived into water, My ears hurt so bad I cried and water got stuck/created a blocked feeling. I thought it had almost healed until now. I had bad cold throat some days back, took medicines for the cold BUT my ears are blocked than ever. Also, there is constant cough in my throat. Things tried so far:
1) Eating spicy food in attempt to make the ear pop
2) Applying heat behind the ear
3) Pinching my nose and inhaling and exhaling (the ear makes sounds during this)
4) Swallowing
5) Visited an ent. She carried out Tympanometry and the other basic ear check, results are fine.
MY EAR IS BLOCKED, IT DOES NOT FEEL GOOD. WHAT SHOULD I DO?