How do i prevent my ears from popping while take off?

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Tefi

Boiled sweets are pretty good, as you have to swallow the saliva produced and this helps your ears adjust to cabin pressurisation which is what causes them to pop. I know that when my daughter was a 9 month old baby, I was advised to bottle feed her on take off and landing so that her ears would not pop.

You can get ear bleeds from this, though it is not common.

Try swallowing when your ears pop, sucking on a sweet or drinking from a baby's bottle. Those are the only things I know that actually work.

Damaris

Chew gum and swallow - I don't mean swallow the gum - just swallow and yawn to release the pressure that builds up.

Chewing gum helps to prevent the pressure from building up.

Have a great trip!!

S0cCer<3

Gumm

?critter?

They said you can chew gum but that didn't work for me. Try to yawn, that helps a little.

Becca

I usually bring some water, and just take a sip and let it flow to the back of my mouth and spread out, then consciously swallow it and kind of... flex my ear muscles. Works like a charm.

Alternatively, I've heard chewing gum helps-- but I am pretty sure that that's because gum makes you salivate, which makes you swallow.

michelle

suck a mint apparently

Big R

chew some gum !

anime_gurl121

Chewing gum is The best way.
Usually it happens when people have colds my Friend had a cold and it popped after minute or 2 during take off and there was blood coming out.

harvey4000

suck on a boiled sweet!! by that i mean a hard sweet not a actual boiled sweet cuz you'll burn your mouth, like i did!!!

cubalishus

Try chewing gum or sucking a boiled sweet both of those can help.

Dave J

when u feel the sensation in your ears... force a BIG YAWN out it'll ping your head right back ito where it should be

u'll know it has worked when u find urself able to hear again.

some people find they get really sore ear ache... never bleed tho - someone told u a porkie me thinks!

Mari

The best thing to do is chew gum. I always do that when I travel and it helps!! I have heard it from other people as well.

ann a

Sucking a boiled sweet does help,I've tried it.Never heard of anyones ears bleeding,probably an old wives tale.

( /)ansoor

My answer seem stupid too but trust me I never knew about chewing gum myself but did try some odd tricks on my own. One of them was when my ears were like (how should I put it) closing and I didn't notice, suddenly I naturally swallowed saliva and it really opened it up. Since then I've always done it and it helped.
To be honest, don't know about ear bleeding at all.
What I gather from other answers is even in chewing gum and drinking water you still swallow anyway. Why have something sweet (which in case is disastrous for me as I have sugar), water seems fine.
Thanks

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Actually, the usually don't pop while taking off. They usually pop in the middle of the air. Take a big or two pack (15 pieces) of gum. Or if you live near a Costco, buy them in bulk. They'll still pop though. There's nothing you can do about it...You can prevent it from hurting as much. Try not to fall asleep. They'll hurt even more when you wake up.

Alyssio

Chew gum and force yourself to yawn...at least, that's what works for me and my friend.

Also, you don't get ear bleeds from it unless you just normally get ear bleeds for some reason.

Bye.

katy

chew GUM... it pops them out when they pop in!! iT FEEL:LLSSSS GOOD

â™«Roxyâ„¢

gum.

sandy

chew a piece of gum or suck on some hard candy like a peppermint

nathan f

Chew Gum. It works.

Laurenâ˜

Chew gum.

kimbarlaayy

chew some gum

[tawneeCURIOUS]

its fine for your ears to pop....
but chewing gum works wonders ive learned.

lola_x

I've never heard of people getting ear bleeds, I never have and have been flying from a very young age.
Just suck boiled sweets during take off and landing, wait till you've got to a constant altitude before stopping sucking them (I usually end up having about 4 because i get bored and bite them!)
If your going on holiday hope you have a good time.

lisalovesthekillers

suck a hard boiled sweet

mister hoddie

ok, there is no real solution, but you can prevent the bleeding by poping your ear (swallowing, opening mouth wide) because the difference in pressure causes a liquid in your ear to swell, and if you don't pop the ear bone back into place (the popping you hear), it will swell so much that it will damage your ear bone and your ear, causing the bleeding. Chewing gum can help you pop your ears because it makes you open your mouth.

Lost

Put ear plugs in before take off and landing. Apparently, that blocks the severity of the pressure. I have tried every remedy listed here, and ear plugs work the best for me. (Make sure they are good ear plugs...not just fingers...haha...)... they even sell them in the airport for people with ear pain. Good luck.

vik

Suck on a sweet/candy like a mint or butterscotch thing

Chew gum

Use ear plugs (you can get them at the airport.

The yawning thing mentioned above actually does work to some degree.

Blow air out from ears by breathing out keeping your mouth closed and close your nose or just try not breathing out of your nose (it makes sense if you doing it, hard to explain in words).

if you have no candy clenching your jaw and making swollowing movements in you throat help too.

Bob C

I don't think you can stop the popping but the best way I know of to get rid of the ear problem is to squeeze your nose with your thumb and forefinger and then try to blow out your nose as hard as you can. It doesn't matter if your mouth is closed or not. This equalizes the pressure in your ears quickly.

...........me.............

eat bubble gum that will stop it

:)

The future Mrs JERVIS?

Suck a sweet prefably a boiled one.

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