Last night, my ear was itching and when I scratched it, it's tender to the touch. This is the area where the ear starts, on the side of the head. It doesn't bother me unless I touch it, but it's constantly itching inside the canal, so I keep trying to scratch it, and it's bothersome. If I apply direct pressure, the discomfort seems to go in towards the canal. I also noticed my jaw is aching. It's on the same side with the ear problem. When I talk, it seems to be ok, it's when I yawn, or open my mouth wider, or initially after a long period that I haven't moved my jaw. It seems to radiate towards the front of my mouth, along the upper and lower jaw. Someone mentioned earlier that I might have a bug that crawled in my ear; but I don't have any actual pain in my ear, or hear anything in my ear. My hearing isn't affected. It's more of a discomfort and moderate ache; at the absolute worse.
Any idea what this could possibly be related to? I don't have medical insurance and simply want to know the correct direction to look towards, instead of one doctor sending me to another doctor, and so forth.