Hello, I m wondering why my inner (or middle?) ear is hurting. It started when I was in a plane this afternoon. During the descent I burped and suddenly I felt discomfort in my ear. The discomfort persisted after flight and was worse whenever I burped. I tried hot wash cloth and that helped temporarily. Then the discomfort worsened over the next few hours. Tried warm olive oil in ear because I thought maybe water was stuck (had been swimming in the ocean before the flight and got water in my ear that never seemed to come out). Is the pain due to trapped water? Or something that ripped/burst in my ear during the flight descent? What to do? Thank you, Annie