Ear Pain (airplane ears)
A Whiff of Eucalyptus for Ear Pain When Flying
So many people dread flying because descending makes their ears hurt terribly. This is especially true for small children (and probably explains why they often start crying or screaming on the descent…
How to Handle Ear Pain During Flights
At vacation time, we often hear from people who find flying challenging because of severe ear pain during flights. This can turn a European trip or even a visit to relatives across the country into …
Tympanostomy Tubes Eased Adult Flyer’s Ear…
Many people find flying painful. In addition to the anxiety that some experience, others find that the change in air pressure as the airplane descends causes agony to one or both ears. This reader rep…
Easing Airplane Ear Pain with EarPlanes
Q. I read a recent column about excruciating ear pain while flying. I had this problem for years, until someone told me about EarPlanes. These are small, soft silicone filters that are inserted an hou…
Ear Pain on an Airplane
Q. I suffer terribly from ear pain when flying. I take the decongestant pseudoephedrine, chew gum and blow my nose but none of these strategies is working any more to relieve the pressure. Do you have…
Airplane Descent Causes Excruciating Ear Pain
Q. My son is unwilling to fly because whenever the plane starts coming down for a landing his ears hurt. We are planning a family trip to visit grandparents but he doesn't want to go. I hate to have h…
Airplane Ears Make Flying Painful
Millions of people dread flying. It's not really the long security lines, the puny snacks or the lack of leg room. It's not even the frequent delays or the lost luggage. For a lot of fliers the proble…