inventorinthailand Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 (edited) Hi, GF hate flying as she cannot depressurize her ears and she gets a terrible pain. She have tried everything like nasal spray, chewing-gum, yawning but nothing works. Any suggestions or just head right away to hospital? Edited May 1, 2017 by inventorinthailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Ear planes are specialy designed to equalize the pressue. http://www.healthyhearing.com/report/52447-Airplanes-and-ear-pain-why-it-happens-and-what-you-can-do https://www.amazon.com/EarPlanes-Value-Pack-3-pairs/dp/B001HTWL8C Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A1Str8 Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 Yeah, earplanes are good. It's basically an earplug, with a built in filter that equalizes air pressure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amusements Posted May 1, 2017 Share Posted May 1, 2017 I suffer with the same thing and have to inhale, hold my nose, close my mouth and blow as hard as I can. The first time I flew, I ended up with a bleeding eardrum and tinnitus, as I don't know anything about the air pressure in a plane, and my friends travelling with me didn't bother to tell me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teddog Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 Yes hold the nose ,close the mouth and blow as hard as she can Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phkauf Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 one trick I learned while diving, same issue with ears popping, is to constantly de-pressurize while the airplane is descending say every 5,000 feet. while diving every few meters I "pop" my ears and it makes it easier than waiting until I feel the pressure build up. i do it now all the time while flying and haven't had a problem. as teddog suggests hold your noise and mouth and blow hard while moving your head side to side seems to work best for me. but everyone is different and some have medical issues that can prevent ease from clearing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldcarguy Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 How do you get a child to do this ? you often see kids on planes who are hurting because they do not know how to "pop " them I feel sorry for them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_smith237 Posted May 2, 2017 Share Posted May 2, 2017 15 minutes ago, oldcarguy said: How do you get a child to do this ? you often see kids on planes who are hurting because they do not know how to "pop " them I feel sorry for them I find descent (depressurization) worse than ascent (depressurization). I get my 3 year old (more than 50 flights)... to swallow, drink milk, yawn, blow his nose... The trick is not to wait until discomfort is felt, but to pre-empt any pressure build up, especially when descending. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
inventorinthailand Posted May 6, 2017 Author Share Posted May 6, 2017 (edited) On 5/1/2017 at 11:13 PM, CharlieH said: Ear planes are specialy designed to equalize the pressue. http://www.healthyhearing.com/report/52447-Airplanes-and-ear-pain-why-it-happens-and-what-you-can-do https://www.amazon.com/EarPlanes-Value-Pack-3-pairs/dp/B001HTWL8C Great, the Toynbee maneuver, but with water in her month seems to work for her: fill your mouth with little water, close your mouth and nose and swallow the water several times until pressure equalizes. :-D Edited May 6, 2017 by inventorinthailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigtrouble Posted May 6, 2017 Share Posted May 6, 2017 Yes hold the nose ,close the mouth and blow as hard as she canForcing air like that is not good, especially if the person has a cold and the tube is blocked.. Bad maneuvere and can create burst ear drums on decent if air is trapped Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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