flying with a cold - ear pain
#31
Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Chicago, IL
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Just wanted to say how much I appreciate this thread. In December, I was suddenly in incredible pain during a landing in DCA. After a frantic trip to CVS, I started taking DayQuil and Nuprin and the flight back two days later wasn't as painful. Then yesterday, landing in LHR I had serious pain again. I ran to Boots and bought Sudafed. Landing in ORD last night wasn't as painful, but my ears were still blocked until about 4 hours ago (12 hours after landing). I have to fly again Friday night and Sunday night and plan to implement several of the suggestions here. Most of all, though, I really had no idea how serious a risk this is to my ears--something to take into account in deciding whether a trip is worth the risk.
Thank you!
Thank you!
#32
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: CVG, but I fly out of CMH, SDF, and IND.
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As the poster above me said, thank you everyone for your tips. I have severe ear pain in one or both ears on every descent, and thought I was alone. Now I know that I'm not, and I am going to follow a few of these suggestions for my trip to Long Beach this Thursday. I plan to start taking Sudafed now, and then having some Afrin and Earplanes on hand for the flight. I really hope this works, because I am tired of being temporarily deaf at my destinations - and I especially do not want to end up being permanently deaf.
(By the way, just noticed how old this thread was - wow! Talk about an epic bump!)
(By the way, just noticed how old this thread was - wow! Talk about an epic bump!)
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#37
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Bumping up a thread not replied to for eight years... may not be necessary . I have asked the Moderator to move this to Travel Health and Fitness forum, where it actually belongs.
There, a more recent thread has a lot of information:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...tc-thread.html
There, a more recent thread has a lot of information:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/trave...tc-thread.html