If you experience this like me. USE EARPLANES!!!!!!!! I used to cry on descent. Every time. Earplanes saved me on SO MANY FLIGHTS!!!! EARPLANES GET THEM!!!!
1 week ago
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For me it's always during landing once the decent starts
2 weeks ago | 20
I was a Navy Diver . I blew my sinuses out during a dive. If I have a cold it can get be painful .
2 weeks ago | 4
More discomfort than pain but I wish the planes had more air pressure or more oxygen during the flight.
1 week ago
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But that is why I always travel with gum! Not just on air travel road trip trips too
2 weeks ago | 9
Only one time, when i was sick and i couldn't manage the pressure in my ears. One of my ears didn't go back to normal for several days afterward and I couldn't hear much in that ear during that time
1 week ago | 1
Yes, because I had cold. That’s why we never flew when we had cold as crew. I was flight attendant for about 10 years
2 weeks ago | 1
I learned at an early age to yawn upon takeoff and landing to clear my ears .
2 weeks ago | 2
I take pseudoephedrine about a half hour before taking off and it helps with the ear issues.
1 week ago | 1
I can pop my ears at will so taking off or landing doesn't bother me. That's really my favorite part of flying is taking off and landing!!
2 weeks ago (edited) | 1
A long time ago we bought these little corkscrew (I -don’t know what they’re made out of rubber? plastic?) earplugs that 30 minutes before the flight takes off you hold your nose and blow and then you gently screw them into your ears, then once you’re up in the air, you can take them out and then 30 minutes before descent do the exact same thing -they have helped tremendously. I still have a lot of pressure, but not like it was before where it was more painful and it wouldn’t go away after my flight was over.
1 week ago | 0
Not ear pain but sinus...flying with a head cold, my sinuses felt like they were going to explode on departure...everything evened out on the flight and then we started descent...could not wait for that to end :( Was a milk run through northern Canada (6 stops in 4 days) so I got to repeat the experience several times, I seriously thought I was not going to make it...
2 weeks ago | 2
only on Turkish airlines. I handed out 6 feet of bubble gum to passengers! Thank you hubba bubba bubble tape!😮
2 weeks ago (edited) | 1
My ENT told me to take a Sudafed 30 minutes before takeoff. Works like a charm. Used to be crippled by the ear pain.
1 week ago | 0
Grossness alert! A day before a business flight I had a very bad earache. As the flight took off, I felt a sudden excruciating stabbing pain in my eardrum, followed by what sounded like someone pounding on a bass drum in my ear. A few seconds later, I had rivers of green smelly discharge coming from my ear. It was so painful, and it just made the entire flight miserable. Luckily I'm a prepared traveler and carry several of those tiny tissue packets, so I was able to triage without drawing attention to myself. I was afraid that 1) I would piss off the flight attendants, or 2) worse, divert the flight. It eventually drained, but it kept leaking throughout the entire week of my trip. Yuck. When I got home I immediately went to the ENT, and as expected, I had a very severe staph infection and a large hole in my eardrum. Not fun. Looking back I should've gone to a local emergent care, but due to my military work ethic "nothing comes before the job", and because I'm a military retiree, going to the doctor outside of your home area can mean you pay for medical care up front, and it might not get reimbursed. Lessons learned.
1 week ago | 1
Portable Professional (Travel Tips with Megan)
Have you ever gotten ear pain during takeoff or landing?
2 weeks ago | [YT] | 574