Ear Pressure in the right ear

[thekelvinlee]

I've been suffering ear pressure in the right ear for about 3 days now.
My school is on the mountain and my house is in the city. One day when I got to my house which is in the city, I still felt pressure for the descend when I came down the mountain. Usually, I am fine and can release it easily, but this time it just doesn't go away. But everyday when i go up to school its fine, because I know the pressure is balanced when i get up to the mountains again, but in the afternoon when i come home from school, its starts again and it is getting really annoying and sometimes painful.

I do have a small cold and mucus build up in my nose is very normal to me cause I have been like this since I was younger, most of my life I have a blocked nose, but this ear pressure pain is really annoying. It's been about three days now and it is killing me.

I try and blow air through the nose and push the ears but I just keep hearing squeaky noises and popping and then my ear gets abit tighter but after awhile it pops and just went back to where I started from and is just pressure pain in my ears...

Does anyone have any idea how to cure this or anyway that I can make it better? I really need help.

[Paderla Anitha, DNB]

Hello and hope you are doing well.

The atmospheric pressure and the pressure in the ears needs to be equalized. There are tubes called 'Eustachian  tubes' which connect the middle ear to the throat, this balances the air pressure in the ears. This tube can get  blocked due to infections of the throat, which can give lead to a feeling of fullness in the ears. This can also result in infection of the ears. The blocked ears can be opened up by the valsalva maneuver, where air is blown into the cheeks against a closed nostrils, this sometimes helps to open up the tubes. Steam inhalations can help clear the tube. Also, OTC anti inflammatory and anti histamines may help clear your throat. Please consult your family physician.  

Hope this helped and do keep us posted.

[littlebit667]

your post made me think of people that struggle with this on planes.  I found this link, maybe something here might help.

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/columnist/grossman/2004-06-07-grossman_x.htm

http://www.entnet.org/HealthInformation/earsAltitude.cfm

http://www.earpopper.com/earpopper/testimonials.htm