Frequent air travelers keep suffering from ear troubles of many forms. Some precautions are required to be taken prior to air journey to avoid further complications. This article focuses on the middle ear disturbances caused by air travel and management of patients suffering from it. Air travel is one of the causes of ear troubles. It is really annoying to experience pressure and ache in the ear during the take-off and landing while air travel.
Almost every traveler knows the use of ear plugs for prevention of such troubles. It is awful to wait for longer time to be able to get the feeling of normal hearing. The Eustachian tube present on the other side of the eardrum is responsible for the flow of air to or from the inner ear. This process depends on the proportion of the pressure in the inner ear with that of in the ambient air. It has been reported that the side effects of the…
