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Sherbabe
Member
07-28-2002
| Thursday, February 12, 2004 - 9:30 pm
Anybody have any secret medicines when you travel to help your ears from hurting. I know if you have a head cold you should avoid air travel, but what if you just have a tendency for ear aches when flying. Appriciate any ideas.
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Jmm
Member
08-16-2002
| Thursday, February 12, 2004 - 9:50 pm
Sherbabe, Here is a website that has some suggestions to prevent ear aches when flying. Ear ache
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Pcakes2
Member
08-29-2001
| Friday, February 13, 2004 - 7:23 am
No secrets for ear aches, but I just bought some "no jet lag" homepathic stuff. Not really sure if it will work, but I'm going to give it a try. You take 1 tablet when you take off, one about every 2 hours of flying time and one after landing.
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Resortgirl
Member
09-23-2000
| Friday, February 13, 2004 - 7:54 am
sherbabe, I've experienced terrible ear problems and the doctor told me to take a sudafed before flying. That helped tremendously. I've also bought the little earplugs (sold at the airport) and those worked great! Hope this helps!
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Juju2bigdog
Member
10-27-2000
| Friday, February 13, 2004 - 3:39 pm
Pcakes, when are you going to use the NoJetLag stuff? I bought some for our trip to Cyprus and then never used it. Thinking of using it on trip to Hong Kong March 1. Let me know if you try it before then. Yep, the Sudafed thing should work. Sherbabe, do you know how to gently clear your ears? Or, it probably has it on that website. I haven't looked. On the way up, my ears clear themselves and keep sort of gently popping as we rise. As we descend, however, if I don't manually clear my ears, I am in pain. To manually clear, close your mouth, pinch your nose shut and GENTLY blow out until you feel your ears clear. I have to do this three to four times on the way down, maybe every five to ten minutes. I can always feel it in my ears when we begin to descend long before there are any other signs.
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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Friday, February 13, 2004 - 8:59 pm
Juju's "Blow the nose" method of clearing the ear pressure works great. Also try chewing gum or opening your mouth really wide. You can also put the palm of your hand over your ear like a suction device and then 'pop' it out. You shouldn't fly with a head cold, but if you have to, get the decongestants out. If your ears are still clogged/sore upon landing, get a cup of hot water (half full) and put your ear over it. The steam will help loosen the pressure on the ear. Pilots do this, so it must work!
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Lumbele
Member
07-12-2002
| Saturday, February 14, 2004 - 8:53 am
Antihistamines were recommended to me when DS was small and in awful pain on the plane. The doctor told me to start giving them to him 3-4 days prior to the flight. Sometimes they worked, but not every time. For me the symptoms are minor so Juju's method, yawning and/or chewing gum are quite effective.
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Kitt
Member
09-06-2000
| Sunday, February 15, 2004 - 12:41 am
There are ear plugs called "Earplanes" or something like that, which my mother has tried and found very successful. They're only ~$5 a pair too, at Walgreens/Targets/Safeway.
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Sherbabe
Member
07-28-2002
| Sunday, February 15, 2004 - 12:24 pm
thanks for all your suggestions. i truly appreciate it.
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