How can you stop ear pain when flying?

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still learning at 54

Get your doctor to prescribe some decongestants or use over the counter ones if you can not see the doctor - if possible take them a few times to ease the congestion as much as possible before flight, chew several pieces of gum on flight. Those are what my brother was told to do, and it helped. Have a safe flight.

Laura

try chewing gum

Lola and Giselle

aw thats no fun! Try chewing gum...It may help a little!

Joe

yeah chew some gum.

sadn473

There are three ways :-
1)Put Cotton in your ears (works very less)
2)Hold your breath , for 10 - 15 seconds , then hold your nose and let out the breath very very slowly. Do this exercise for 2 - 3 minutes.
3)Try chewing some Bubble Gum
Hope it goes well.

dsp1555

Chewing gum... and keep your mind busy ;)

Coring

Take a sip of water or any liquid even your saliva; eat chewing gum; cover your ears with earplugs and open wide your mouth.

Captain Amazing

Here's what the military teaches pilots: Hold your nostrils closed by pinching between your fingers, hold your breathe, and contract your diaphragm like you're trying to exhale. This forces air into your eustation tubes and equalizes pressure inside your eardrum. Do it before the pain gets too bad. Also taking an over the counter decongestant like pseudophed helps alot, but you don't want it to wear off during the flight, maybe take it 2 hours before landing. The nose pinch thing is called the valsalva maneuver, try it on the ground, you can feel it work.

The Ring Master

Chewing gum while flying supposedly helps this but other then that there's not much I know on the subject. Good luck on this..

tigerlily

oh yeah. i know exactly what you go through. Here are some things that may help: put earplugs in before takeoff and don't remove them until you've landed and cabin door is open. Take sudafed or a decongestant an hour before landing. Use afrin nasal spray 15-20 minutes before landing.

Taffy Saltwater

Three prongs to flying w/a cold: Take a decongestant about an hour before your flight; take a breath, then w/your nose pinched & mouth closed, try to blow air out through your nose; finally, get some Ear Planes. Each pair is good for one round trip flight. They are available at drugstores and on-line travel stores like magellans.com. Good luck!

vamedicca

I feel your pain; I've had this happen before, too. Take the maximum safe dose of OTC decongestant beforehand and try Afrin nasal spray just before boarding. The spray, especially, should help. Also, you could try calling your doc's office and speaking to the advice nurse (if you have a regular doc). I really hope this helps because I've had that pain and it's baaad.

Edit: I should've said use the Afrin a few minutes before LANDING (20-30 mins.), not boarding. Oops.

Lisa

chew gum....or maybe ear plugs.....dunno....i have never had the problem before

Kelye

chew gum
tootsie pops... i think

embigguns

don't fly.

jan2856mjm

chewing gum helped me

DOME M

put cotton in your ears. when the flight takes off then either chew a gum or try to swallow water or something. try eating a sugar candy

ear ache is very painful and I hope you don't have one when you travel

dwmajick2

I use ear plugs and they work well for me. Make sure that you get a few pairs so that you can change them out every so often or your ears will get infected.

Deep

Though Ive never travelled by air in my life..ive heard people say u should chew gum or chocolate to avoid ear pain...

plonka

SEE THE DOCTOR ABOUT IT. TELL HIM.
I DID AND IT WORKED

M u Z z I

try chewing a gum or having a candy while flying...... or just close ur nose n mouth and try 2blow.....ur ears will pop open.

Jo Ann

Chew gum. :)

kibbie01

Oooh! That is sooo painful. Anymore, whenever I fly, I take some ear plugs, some chewing gum, hard candies, nasal decongestant spray & water just so I'll always be prepared.

prtsgrl06

chew gum and keep swallowing

rahul

By applying black pepper on ur ear

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