tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2179355911461156977.post4535927938702211188..comments2024-03-13T04:14:38.099-07:00Comments on Graham's Travel Blog: What Airplane Ear is and How to Avoid itgrahamstravelbloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00127802470807885644noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2179355911461156977.post-46166095882943123112012-08-16T06:04:56.543-07:002012-08-16T06:04:56.543-07:00Great post. When I had terrible airplane ear I hap...Great post. When I had terrible airplane ear I happened upon your blog. Reading your blog and my experience spurred me on to create my own blog about it and try and help others with it. <br /><br />Thanks for the inspiration!<br /><br />J. D.<br /><br />www.airplaneears.infoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2179355911461156977.post-53286924760932225072010-01-24T12:10:04.856-08:002010-01-24T12:10:04.856-08:00I have used a product called the Ear Ease that is ...I have used a product called the Ear Ease that is a special hot water bottle that you fill with hot water and hold on your ear for about 5 minutes. It changes the pressure in the ear allowing it to equalize and open up your blocked ear. I got one as a gift over 15 years ago and I never fly without it. I used to have horrible ear pain when landing and this thing is small, easy to use and works like a charm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2179355911461156977.post-26027816966591716382009-05-26T13:52:50.419-07:002009-05-26T13:52:50.419-07:00I've had this problem. I "enjoy" a chronic issue w...I've had this problem. I "enjoy" a chronic issue with a muscle spasm on the left side of my neck and (coincidently)migraines that start on the left side, in fact, the left side of my upper body is something of a nuisance. Ear problems are just par for the course. I've tried lots of over the counter and remember taking bonine, which is sort of a motion sickness / antihistamine remedy, before flying and found that it relieved the problem. Now I see that it is not recommended if you have glaucoma, so I will have to start over when I start flying again. I gather my issue has something to do with inflammation in the ear canal. My (related) headaches are vascular.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2179355911461156977.post-69763628801777546942009-03-05T15:03:00.000-08:002009-03-05T15:03:00.000-08:00Istn't it interesting that there is no warning aga...Istn't it interesting that there is no warning against the problems of flying with sinus conditions when you book a flight? Doesn't this make sense? I've traveled extensively overseas and have never heard of this before. I experienced the awful pain on a two leg trip and thought my ears were going to blow. They didn't but I had severe trama to the tissue and bones of my middle-ear and ear canal and my ears were full of fluid behind my eardrum; thankfully there was no infection. I was told that it could take up to 3 months for the liquid to dissipate from my middle-ear and not to fly until I could pop my ears on my own and then in the future to take Sudafed to ensure that potential sinus pressure would not keep the e-tubes from doing their job. <BR/><BR/>I'm angry because I would never have flown if I'd known such a thing could happen. I haven't been able to fly back to my home in Europe and have been at the mercy of friends who are letting me camp out at their home. I was ready to take all the drugs AND use earplane ear plugs but was advised that on such a long journey, if the ear-plugs slipped even a little, I could revisit the pain and cause even more damage to my ears. I haven't been willing to take that step. I'm not flying until I know I can pop my ears. My hearing is just to important to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com