Why does the right side of my throat, tongue, and ear hurt everytime I swallow?

So first off, I'm a 23 year old male. I first got the common cold on Sunday March, 14 and today is Friday March, 19. I started off with the usual fevers, dizziness, cough, and runny nose. About 2 days ago I started to feel an awkward pain at the top of my throat but only when I swallow. I woke up today and its worse than ever, but the pain is only on the right side of my throat, the right side of my tongue, and a little in my right ear. It hurts the worst when I swallow, but it's so bad today that it even hurts a little when I talk. My common cold symptoms are pretty much gone. I might just have a little runny nose and small cough (no fevers or dizziness). I don't remember having a sore throat like this since I was maybe 10 years old... at the oldest! Normally my common cold ends up going into my chest, causing excessive phlegm, and I'm pretty sure that's from my asthma. But this time it didn't even really touch my chest, instead it went to my throat!!! This is by far one of the worst pains I have ever had. I'm the type of person that can take a lot of pain too, but this is way too much for me. I have no health insurance so I have been taking asprin to relieve the pain about every 6 hours. This is the fifth day and I'm pretty sure is not going to be the last. If anyone has any advice at all, please share. Thank you.