Paula, I wish to share my personal experience. 1) Try putting into both your nostrils two drops of a nasal decongestant an hour before you fly. It helps. 2) If your ear gets plugged at descend, i.e.during landing, it is due to air pressure building on the ear drum from out. In such an event, pinchin...

These symptoms are indicative of accumulation of wax in the middle chamber of ear or some blockage of the ear canal. If the cause is clinically ascertained as wax accumulation, treatment can be as simple as treating the ear with drops to loosen wax for easy removal. I think it is best to get the cau...

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