Airplane pain?

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Robertina

You need to pop your ears when you are flying ...

Here are some helpful steps
Taken from http://www.flyana.com/ear.php

As airplanes descend prior to landing, air pressure in the cabin increases. This can cause your ear drums to "pop" as they automatically adjust to the airplane's pressure changes.

ADJUST YOUR EARS

If your ear drums don't automatically pop, there are serveral ways to help them to adjust to the pressure changes on board.

Yawning is the easiest way to adjust your ears on board. You can also simply harden the back of your tongue. When I was a flight attendant, I got in the habit of adjusting my ears by hardening the back of my tongue because no one could see me do this.

Another way to adjust your ears is to hold your nostrils and very gently blow out while keeping your mouth shut. Careful! If you blow too hard you can damage your ears.

For infants, offer them something to suck and swallow. This works well for adults, too, as does chewing gum.

Avoid decongestants. Side-effects (dry mouth and drowsiness) exacerbate jetlag.

EASE EAR PAIN

Aerotitis, aka "blocked ear," is very painful and takes place when an ear does not adjust to the airplanes pressure changes. It is often experienced by passengers with colds and ear infections.

The following steam/heat remedy usually clears the blocked ear in seconds.

1. Place an airline paper cocktail napkin in the bottom of a small wax-coated drinking cup (found at galley and lavatory drinking water dispensers).

2. Add boiling water from a galley hot-water spigot covering the paper napkin. If you quickly pour off the water, the napkin will steam.

3. After you are sure you have drained off every drop of hot water, tip your head and place the little cup with hot steaming paper over your ear. Pain eases in moments as the steam reaches your eustachian tube.

FLYING WITH A COLD

It's common knowledge that viruses recirculate in the cabin air.

â€¢ If you plan to fly and have a head cold, please consider canceling, out of compassion for the health of everyone else on board.

â€¢ If you do have to fly, wear a surgical mask to keep your germs to yourself!

â€¢ A note from your doctor used to ensure that you did not have to pay a "no-show" penalty when canceling for medical reasons. Though this is no longer guaranteed, it may still be possible with some effort on your part.

Ian M

Can someone teach this person to use a spell checker. ?

I can guess at what he/she wants but why should I ?

Ian M

GAVIN E

Chewing gum, or sucking on a boiled sweets, will help reduce the pain in your ears.

Mark W

pinch your nose, not so much to cut off the air supply just lightly then blow air though your nose. It might not work all the time so your best option is to sing saftey dance by men in hats as loud as you can

cubalishus

Chew gum or suck boiled sweets, both of those will really help you big time.

pretty_pink_babe363

Keep moving your mouth either by chewing gum or sucking a sweet.
Also constantly keep yawning, it keeps your ear drums open

Kevin R

oh yes , new cure is to wear ear plugs as this blocks the air changes going in and out of your ear. as the air pressure is different within the ear than it is compared to the pressure outside of it but ear plugs keep tghe outside air out and the inside air in keeping the pressure in your stable. for example i had an built up ear wax in both ears the nurse said that she can not surrindge it in time for my flight she said the wax will actually help protect the ear drum and i did not suffer with pain on flight just sligh pressure changes where i needed to pop my ears a little bit.

Bailey

GUM

CHEW IT

p.s. Learn to spell please :)

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