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of Ear Pain In Flight or Airplane Ear? How Can One Cope With It!
Ear Pain in Flight or Airplane Ear  Ear pain in flight is also
known as airplane ear. Traveling in airplane has become very
common nowadays, but this may create problems for some
passengers as they develop ear pain during the landing phase.
The more the plane descends toward the land the more the ear
pain starts aggravating for such people. This ear pain is
basically a result of the unequal pressures between the air
present outside the ear and the air present in the middle ear
while in a descending airplane. Individuals susceptible to this
type of problem may need decongestants or antihistamines on hand
to overcome this while traveling in airplane.  Basically, the
small gap in the middle ear present at the backside of the
eardrum is filled with air. This area is attached to the
backside of the nose through a very small channel known as
Eustachian tube. The pressure of air on both t