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crackling in ear

sometimes at night when i am laying down....my ear starts to crackle and sound like little popps....an it only happens in the ear that i am laying on....and when i get up in the morning....it feels wet and there is a lot of wet earwax that is in my ear??? could this just be earwax or something else please helpppppppp me!!!!!!!!!!!
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i dont think thats it becasue it doesnt happen everyday or everynight...and my ear doesnt hurt and it never has.....but now im worried about that....thank you
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That sounds exactly like an ear infection and that it is discharging all the infection. Better gett to the doctor soon beacuse if it is an ear infection and it is discharging then that could mean that you have a perforation (hole) in you eardrum. NOt a good thing!  Do you have grommets?
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