ear problems and flying

SShar

awacko wrote: »

Hi ,
Wondering if any of you have some advice please as I’m flying in a couple of months to spain. The last few years when I have done this, when coming into land at Spain, I’ve found that the air pressure causes me to get an excruciating pain in my head – I would guess my sinusses - and have found that not only do my ears get blocked , it gets so bad that my hearing is affected for a few hours after we have landed. Obviously , I would like to avoid this as it’s a real nuisance at the start of my holiday and so was wondering if anybody had any advice - apart from the usual taking boiled sweets - that might work. Thanks

I love traveling but have the same problem, it was so bad once that for the first week of a holiday in Egypt I had a constant throbbing ear ache! Def a spirit killer.

I've always been advised to suck on a sweet or to drink water or chew gum but none of these have been v affective. The thing that always works for me is to wear in ear headphones, it sounds a little weird but works (that and falling asleep ) if you wear these and chew gum/suck on a polo mint, it should do the trick

Let us know how you get on

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Whoops, just seen that you've already been! Sorry, hope it was great fun

motherofstudents

I find that earplanes work very well, but they do reduce your hearing when you put them in. A small price to pay I think but unfortunately from reading this thread, it seems like they don't work for everyone. I would definitley recommend giving them a try for anyone who has never used them.