Ear pain when flying
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Ear pain when flying
Any suggestions for preventing intense earache when descending in a plane?? I am in total agony with ear ache when everyone around seems fine.I have tried the special ear plugs, chewing etc. Has anybody who suffers this any solutions please. Thanks.
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I used to suffer from incredible pain - both ear and forehead, as if somebody was sticking thousands of daggers into me. A few years ago, the stewardess would give me a cup filled with boiling water and I would place this near the ear that hurt. I don't know why but that remedy seemed to help. Lately, I can't get anyone to do that for me.
Now I take decongestants and nasal spray prior to flying. These seems to give me some modest relief.
Now I take decongestants and nasal spray prior to flying. These seems to give me some modest relief.
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Ear barotrauma is discomfort and possible damage in ear due to flying,http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/e...cle/001064.htm
I have had this due to allergies and small eutacian tubes.
Usually antihistaminse od decongestents and nasal sprays
work great but see a good ENT MD he will suss it out.
I have had this due to allergies and small eutacian tubes.
Usually antihistaminse od decongestents and nasal sprays
work great but see a good ENT MD he will suss it out.
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If it's as painful as you describe, then I also concur that you should be evaluated by an Ears, Nose, and Throat doc. Depending on how often you fly, you may benefit from the insertion of eustachian tubes (http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/874348-overview).
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The advice to consult an ENT is good.
That said: check this link, it's by an ENT
http://www.fauquierent.net/etd.htm
You may be suffering from an allergy at the time of flying, so that even if you don't have a cold, your Eustachian tubes are swollen and rather sluggish to respond to changes in air pressure. The above linked article gives other possible causes.
I have found that 'Rhinaris' - a moisturizing nasal spray, used in advance of and during the flight, helps. That, and inhaling the steam of a cup of hot water, or pressing a hot towel to my neck (just behind the affected ear) helps. If I have a bad cold, though, these and other measures help, but I still have to just try and stay as relaxed as possible, and tell myself the pain won't last forever.
That said: check this link, it's by an ENT
http://www.fauquierent.net/etd.htm
You may be suffering from an allergy at the time of flying, so that even if you don't have a cold, your Eustachian tubes are swollen and rather sluggish to respond to changes in air pressure. The above linked article gives other possible causes.
I have found that 'Rhinaris' - a moisturizing nasal spray, used in advance of and during the flight, helps. That, and inhaling the steam of a cup of hot water, or pressing a hot towel to my neck (just behind the affected ear) helps. If I have a bad cold, though, these and other measures help, but I still have to just try and stay as relaxed as possible, and tell myself the pain won't last forever.