Ear Pain and Pulsatile Tinnitus

Hi everyone,
I’ve had tinnitus for 2 years. 4 days ago I got sick with painful swallowing, mild ear ache, fever that lasted 3 days and body aches.

Today I woke up with bad neck and left ear pain with Pulsatile tinnitus.

Could this be an infection causing the Pulsatile tinnitus?

I’m scared this won’t go away. I’m going to the doctor to try and get antibiotics but any info would be helpful. The pulsing is loud and my ear really hurts down to my neck with muffled hearing

 

Do you remember having a moment of intense pressure inside the ear? That's what I had, no doubt the main cause of the subsequent TD.