So I was diagnosed with tonsillitis, and also an ear infection about three weeks ago.. She said she couldn't see the ear drum in my ear.. She put me on amoxicillin for ten days.. and it popped a few days after I started taking it and a lot of fluid came out.. after that, it felt normal. Then yesterday the same feeling came back. I was in the E.R. for something else, and I told him about my ear. He looked, and said it's not infected, just has some fluid in it. And he looked pretty deep in there as well. I also told him my ear area felt numb, and he shrugged it off.. and said it's probably just my nerves reacting. He gave me six days of prednisone. I was wondering if anyone has dealt with this, and if it's bad if it feels numb?