instruction: hello doctor only when I wake up I feel ear ache pain also pressure in my left ear it only happens when I have been sleeping on the left ear the ear ache pain lingers for minutes or so and fades away it started months ago but seemed to go away for month but now I have had it again for the last days I did try and used some cortisone cream in the ear canal before the pain went away last time but not sure if this was just a coincidence my doctor has examined the ear and said it looks normal with no middle ear infection
output: hi it is a rare case which I saw few times it is caused by warming the auricle while sleeping on it use corticosteroids and antibiotic cream when needed do not apply water for your ear during the time of pain