Many people enjoy flights, while others suffer from them. And if you have a fear of heights, you can place a bet on mobile or download a Netflix comedy to forget about this problem. But what if your issue is more complicated and related to health? Then follow these tips.
Why Do Your Ears Hurt on an Airplane?
During a flight, due to pressure fluctuations, the nasal mucosa becomes swollen and the air flows through the nose with difficulty. The air pressure outside the ear becomes higher than inside the ear. The eardrum retracts, causing a feeling of blockage and sometimes pain in the ears. People with a severely deviated septum are most often affected.
How to Help Children With Tinnitus Pain
Small children should be given a breast or a bottle of water (milk) to reduce discomfort during takeoff and landing. If the baby grabs himself by the ears, crying, you can use children’s vasoconstrictors in the nose in dosages appropriate for his age.
Children can be helped with special medications. If the pain in the ear is severe and persists, use ear drops. If this doesn’t help, you can use pediatric painkillers.
By the way, otorhinolaryngologists recommend giving antihistamines before the flight and immediately, without waiting for takeoff, to put drops in the nose and ears.
Exercise That Reduces Tinnitus Pain
They are equally useful for adults and children. Here are useful exercises that relieve congestion and even pain in the ears:
- Neck warm-up and tilting the head from shoulder to shoulder, tilting the head forward and backward.
- Yawning.
- Sticking out the tongue and trying to touch the nose and chin with it.
- Massaging the earlobes.
- Gently blowing on the ears if the nose is stuffy.
If Your Feet Swell on an Airplane
Due to pressure fluctuations vascular permeability increases, some fluid from the blood goes into the intercellular space, causing swelling, which clots the blood and increases the risk of thrombosis.
How to Reduce Swelling During a Flight
Want to avoid swelling? Then follow these tips:
- Get enough sleep before a flight. If possible, don’t fly at night. Waking at night reduces the kidneys’ ability to excrete water.
- Before the flight, wear compression stockings in the morning.
- On the day of the flight, try to avoid coffee, alcohol, salty, sweet and floury products, dairy products, cheese, yogurt.
- Drink plenty of clean water without gas before, during, and after the flight.
- During the flight, get up more often, stretch and do joint exercises.
Some Other Helpful Tips
Get on Board Last
If you are traveling on a commercial flight and have a long flight ahead of you, enter the cabin last to minimise the time you actually spend on the plane.
Combine Your Clothes
Wear loose-fitting clothing made of natural, breathable fabrics, and preferably in several layers – so you can adjust to the varying temperatures in the cabin. Loosen your laces, because the altitude and pressure differential of a long flight will contribute to swelling of the legs. Of course, if you are on board a private plane you can take your shoes off at all, but in any case it is strictly necessary to monitor hygiene.
Hydration
The number one rule of thumb on board is to maintain proper water levels in the body. The air in the cabin can be dry (about 20%), roughly comparable to a tropical desert. Dehydration causes your mucous membranes to dry out, making you more susceptible to the entry of bacteria and viruses.
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