ear pain

On saturday, I woke up and I was hearing through kind of a muffled filter. I reached up and touched my ear. Pain instantly emanated from it. It was initially a sharp pain, but then became more of a consistent soreness. It was warm, and inside there was some swelling where it felt like a bump. I either got a zit or something bit me. I think I've had a pimple on my ear before, but I never had one in it. Greggles says it is a thing. So possibly that is the case?