Why Do My Ears Keep Popping?

How to keep ears from popping on planes?

  • i am going on an hour flight in a 4 passenger plane that will be 6000 feet up in the air. How bad do you think my ears will hurt, and how do I keep them from hurting

  • Answer:

    Your ears must pop in order to equalize pressure as the aircraft goes up and down. You can help this by chewing on something or yawning. The most effective method is to pinch your nose shut, close your mouth, exhale into your mouth and nose, and then swallow. This tends to push air into your eustachian tubes (tubes in your head that connect your middle ear with your mouth and nose), which then open to equalize pressure in your ears. The opening of these tubes for a second or two is what produces the sound you hear when your ears "pop." If your ears refuse to pop, the pressure on your eardrums can become extremely painful. In the worst case, it can rupture your eardrum. If the methods above don't cause your ears to pop, you might want to visit your doctor to see if you have some problem that makes it difficult to pop your ears. Don't fly while you are sick if you can avoid it. If you have a cold, flu, allergies, or sinus trouble, or any upper respiratory disease, you should delay flying until it resolves. Any of these can prevent you from popping your ears and make your flight extremely unpleasant.

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If possible take a decongestant before the flight, and also consider "menthol" cough drops--to clear your sinuses. It is necessary for your ears to pop, though I really don't want to get into detail as to why, though basically you can cause permanent damage by not popping them.

Wes

Chewing gum is the best...

GreatPlainsDivision

Chewing gum

Maxx Something

chew gum.

Naruto

CHEW GUM!

Gabby

Entry listen to those long explanations, save your time. THEY DON'T WORK! I've tried me all. Just chew gum. I repeat chew gum. It helps

Kelly

They will kinda hurt at first but you can chew gum,yawn,or swallow alot but Whatever you do DO NOT go to sleep it will make your ears even worse!!!!!! Hope this helped :)

jada

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