I have a bump on the base of my tongue sort of between the tongue base and my gums (the floor of my mouth I guess). However, I also recent had a massage to my neck as it gets knotted up. Within an hour I had numbness to my right ear and surrounding area. It s been about three days. I don t know of the numbness is related to the massage or something more serious. I also recently was at the optometrist and they found a small black dot at the back of my left eye. My ear now after three days also feels mildly. Plugged. It gets mildly sore periodically. These are less prominent symptoms.