How To Relieve An Earache Caused By Flying

CWatt

Good suggestions! Thank you. It is true that there are good products available in the market that help with the Ear ache problems that cause during flying. Also, these exercises are fairly good to help relieve a little out of these aches. However, I generally suffer from earaches during flying and I feel as if a column of air is stuck between my ears and nostril and that causes pain... but a lot of yawning helps me to get it rid off. Thanks, Christine Wattson Favorite: http://www.flightnetwork.com

Happy_Cola

CHewing gum is the best i guess.

I fly more than 100 flights a year for work, and these are all good suggestions, but for some with small eustacian(sp?) tubes, these won't be enough. I always travel with a product called EarPlanes. You can find them in most of the airport magazine shops. They look like ear plugs, but they have a tiny ceramic cylindar inside them that moves in and out with the air pressure. The movement gives you a little bit of "lag" time to pressurize your ears.

I was recently on a flight and I had a bad ear ache.. I have flown before w/o a problem but this time I had a running nose and the pain was so bad it felt like my ear drum would explode I asked the flight attendant and she said to yawn and it worked like a charm.

Try to yawn! This should help a lot. Even if you´re not tired, if you pretend yawning a few times you will feel relieved.

If you have a vold you ae congested and you are going to feel pressure in your ears, you do need to be on some decongestant medicine but I would say take it a couple of days before your scheduled flight.

I don't just get earaches; I feel like my ear/head is going to explode! I asked my doc to recommend something but he couldn't. Everytime I fly, I end up crying my eyes ourt for the last 20 minutes of the flight...any help/suggestions?

if you know you have a cold, or if you've previously suffered from an earache while flying, take an over-the-counter decongestant one hour before you fly. This works every time!

repipi34

you might look a bit silly doing that.. I put on my ear plugs and chew gum which helps to generate saliva that when swallowed relieves pain

avocadogreen

I always try to yawn. it looks like step one, except you yawn along with it.