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Getting ready to fly..
I get this very bad pain in ears when flying. Chewing gum doesn't help at all.
I found these earplugs named "earplanes", but they don't help much.
Does anyone know anything else that helps?
 
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Originally posted by Rita Moore:
Getting ready to fly..
I get this very bad pain in ears when flying. Chewing gum doesn't help at all.
I found these earplugs named "earplanes", but they don't help much.
Does anyone know anything else that helps?



When do you chew the gum? Before the plane leaves the runway?
 
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Hold nostrils closed.Using cheek and throat muscles push air backwards.You will feel pressure change in ear.
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Originally posted by Arjun Shastry:
Hold nostrils closed.Using cheek and throat muscles push air backwards.You will feel pressure change in ear.



Yes, this is what I do too, works for me. If, on the other hand, you're a baby, in my experience sucking on a bottle works, too.
 
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....you're a baby, in my experience sucking on a bottle works, too.

That's what my Daughters' Pediatrician told us.
Give her a bottle of milk during ascent and decent.

You could probably try to take something with a straw or something.
Maybe a thick Milkshake from Steak & Shake!

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I can wiggle my ears and by pulling them back and opening my mouth it equalizes the pressure. You could try pulling them with your hands, gently of course.

Your doctor may have some good suggestions.
 
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Originally posted by Rita Moore:
I get this very bad pain in ears when flying. Chewing gum doesn't help at all.
I found these earplugs named "earplanes", but they don't help much.
Does anyone know anything else that helps?



My girlfriend gets the same thing. Every time we fly she ends up in pain whenever the plane is landing. I find that yawning gets rid of the pressure build up, but for some freaky reason my girlfriend can't yawn. She ends up doing all sorts of things like pinching her nose and sucking on boiled sweets, but it doesn't seem to help much. As well as the pain aspect, it has another funny effect - for the next day after the flight she is almost deaf! While it can be annoying, it also means I can get away with my sarcastic comments and awful puns for once
 
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I go deaf too, which is a bit annoying because I fly up to see my boyfriend at least once a month, I tend to arrive on Friday evening and spend the rest of the night almost totally deaf, spend all of Saturday and most of Sunday with him before flying back Sunday night and being deaf again until I wake up on Monday.
Sucking sweets, yawning etc do help but there are times when it doesn't. The worst one was when I literally couldn't hear a thing for nearly 48 hours, I was actually quite worried that this time it was permanent and was considering going to the hospital when it started to improve.
 
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