How can you reduce the hurting of your ears when a plane takes off?

Me and my family are leaving this mornin @ 3 from cleveland airport flying out to other airports on continental airlines. and we need help finding out how to well i wanna know what you can do to reduce the hurting of yur ears on the plane? Please help befor we leave, thank you!|||It doesn't actually hurt your ears as the plane takes off or lands. They do tend to feel plugged up due to the change in air pressure, but that is remedied by simply swallowing. All the recommendations of chewing gum doesn't actually solve the problem. It still comes back to swallowing, which you do unconsciously while you are chewing the gum, plus then when you get tired of the gum, you have to find some place to dispose of it.|||I chew gum at takeoff and landing. It helps me.|||yawn chew gum eat|||chew gum, suck on a hard candy. swallow ur own spit.|||Chewing on lollies or sucking on hard candy always helps me|||Eating or chewing something might help you.|||chewing gum and drinking water


pretty much anything with jaw movement and swallowing helps|||Chewing gum! You can also sallow or yawn if you don't have any.|||Chewing gum and sucking on hard candy helps you to reduce the hurting of your ears...i fly once a month every month...i know this stuff...any movement of your jaw helps...so eating, chewing, that stuff...|||I always open my mouth at that time.|||Chew gum, try yawning, hold nose and pop your ears.|||The reason that your ears hurt is because your eustacian tube that goes from your ears to your nose/mouth is probably blocked due to excess mucus or sinus problems. There's not much you can do about it. When a plane takes off it climbs into an athmosphere that has less pressure. The airplane will compensate for the pressure loss but not completely, it compensates until it reaches a level that is comparable to the pressure you would be experiencing if you would be on a, say, 7000 or 8000 feet high mountain. So when you take off, the athmospheric pressure that's in your head is basically going out through your drums and when you land the full athmospheric pressure is going into the airplane again and air will try to enter your eardrums. This exherts a certain pressure on your drums and normally your eustacian tube that is connected to your mouth would compensate for the air going in and out, but if this "pipe" is blocked it cannot compensate for the pressure difference. Chewing, swallowing etcetera are just helpful things that make your eustacian tube more accessible for air going in or out, but this only helps for people who have a good or at least minimal accessible eustacian tube. If you have a blocked one, there's not much you can do about it. Holding your hands over your ears won't do much either, because the air (pressure really) has to go in sooner or later. You would have to consult a doctor to see if anything can be done about it. This is a simplistic explanation, but I guess you get the picture. Or The best thing is to swallow, swallow, swallow during descent, and to cover your ears with two of those small plastic cups they use for the drinks they serve (make sure there are no gaps between the cups and your skin when doing this--the reason is below.


This really does help. The point is that the plane's cabin pressurization system can't respond as quickly to the plane's descent as it should, so the added pressure is tough on the ears. Covering them--thus preventing the additional air pressure from being applied to them, helps relieve the problem somewhat. If you don't form a tight fit, then the air pressure problem is not eased at all. So cover them, then remove them after the plane has leveled off and flown at an even altitude for about two minutes.


The reason the swallowing helps is similar--it's forcing you to modify your ears' shape--thus making them less suceptible to the air pressure problem. This only helps temporarily, though--thus the need for the plane's pressurization system to kick in.|||Pinch you nose and blow. It will equalize the pressure.