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Ear pain during air travel

What are the symptoms of ear pain during air travel?

You can have a lot of pain in your ears when you fly, especially during takeoff and landing. Your ears may also feel blocked. But these symptoms will probably go away soon after you land.

You may get some or all of these symptoms when you fly:

Source:
Basu A.
Middle ear pain and trauma during travel.
September 2007. Clinical Evidence. (Based on April 2007 search). Available at http://clinicalevidence.bmj.com/ceweb/conditions/ent/0501/0501.jsp (accessed on 26 October 2007).

Pain in one or both of your ears
A feeling that your ears are blocked
A feeling of dizziness when you stand up
Problems hearing
Ringing in your ears (tinnitus)
A hole in your eardrum (a perforation). This is rare.

Sources for the information on this page:

Basu A.Middle ear pain and trauma during travel.September 2007. Clinical Evidence. (Based on April 2007 search). Available at http://clinicalevidence.bmj.com/ceweb/conditions/ent/0501/0501.jsp (accessed on 26 October 2007).

This information was last updated on Oct 26, 2007

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