jusarrived Posted February 9, 2012 Posted February 9, 2012 My Last two plane trips I had this on the descent..the pain is so severe that i thot my head was going to explode . Never have experienced anything like that & both the times it was for the last 15mins before landing & within a few mins after that it was gone . Any one else had this , cos from what i searchd on the net there are quite a lot of ppl who have reported this & with exact symptoms . Scary thing is i have lot of air travel this month & idont know how i will react if it reappears agian . I know i need to see a doc , which i will do in the weekend , but til then ..
Stuge Posted February 9, 2012 Posted February 9, 2012 I guess its from the change of pressure ,which causes sharp ,and sudden headache specially during descent Still its better to get yourself checked thoroughly .
Texy Posted February 9, 2012 Posted February 9, 2012 My Last two plane trips I had this on the descent..the pain is so severe that i thot my head was going to explode . Never have experienced anything like that & both the times it was for the last 15mins before landing & within a few mins after that it was gone . Any one else had this , cos from what i searchd on the net there are quite a lot of ppl who have reported this & with exact symptoms . Scary thing is i have lot of air travel this month & idont know how i will react if it reappears agian . I know i need to see a doc , which i will do in the weekend , but til then .. you have sinus or do you drink during flights?
jusarrived Posted February 9, 2012 Author Posted February 9, 2012 you have sinus or do you drink during flights? no sinus issues , but i did drink/smoke a lot on night before ..& both days i was short of sleep.
jusarrived Posted February 9, 2012 Author Posted February 9, 2012 I guess its from the change of pressure ,which causes sharp ,and sudden headache specially during descent Still its better to get yourself checked thoroughly . yesh thats what i assumed too ... but any solutions ?
DomainK Posted February 9, 2012 Posted February 9, 2012 I had experienced headache and serious pain in the ears once. But I had a bad cold at that time.
akshayxyz Posted February 9, 2012 Posted February 9, 2012 have you tried this? (#3 especially) http://www.ehow.com/how_4393003_relieve-ear-pressure.html for me it always works in relieving typical airpressure related ear/head pain.
Texy Posted February 9, 2012 Posted February 9, 2012 no sinus issues ' date=' but i did drink/smoke a lot on night before ..& both days i was short of sleep.[/quote'] can you describe the pain? left or right temple? or was it bi-temporal? level of intensity on a scale of 1 to 10...10 being the extreme? any neck stiffness afterwards? any blurred vision? Smoking, drinking & lack of sleep could trigger headaches in areas not fully pressurized
punjabi_khota Posted February 9, 2012 Posted February 9, 2012 I had the exact problem last year. I looked uup online, found many other people with same thing. But this year I didn't feel anything.
mhr123 Posted February 9, 2012 Posted February 9, 2012 well earlier i also had the same problem in most of the International flights.. some of the flight attendant used to advise to eat chewing gums, but i wasn't useful for me atleast. Last year , luckily i found a solution . I had a small water bottle .. during landing i just sipped water , i found while i was sipping the water i felt relieved ... after every few minutes i used to take a sip .. well the proved to effective... So from that time whenever i used to take a flight i would always ask a small bottle of water from the Air hostess 15-20 mins prior to landing.
jusarrived Posted February 9, 2012 Author Posted February 9, 2012 can you describe the pain? left or right temple? or was it bi-temporal? level of intensity on a scale of 1 to 10...10 being the extreme? any neck stiffness afterwards? any blurred vision? Smoking, drinking & lack of sleep could trigger headaches in areas not fully pressurized iirc it was more on left , my eyes where hurting too ,thot they woud pop out..Jabbing pain in forehead & as though 20-30 needles are passing thru ur head ..as for intensity , thats the worst kind of pain i have ever had ...i was almost in tears . 8/10 i guess . No neck stiffness or blurred vision . but from the link akshay gave , taking a nap could have caused it ..i did sleep almost uptill they anounced of landing, both times . May be that ? dont see the logic though
jusarrived Posted February 9, 2012 Author Posted February 9, 2012 Happens to me all the time... Chew gum how bad is the pain ? this is not a regular headache i had .
Yoda-esque Posted February 9, 2012 Posted February 9, 2012 how bad is the pain ? this is not a regular headache i had . the pain in my ears used to be unbearable and felt like my head would explode. Its just the pressure..like i said ..chew gum and open and close ur jaws..
akshayxyz Posted February 9, 2012 Posted February 9, 2012 ^ trying to blow nose, with nose and mouth closed, works best and immediately. In fact, the moment pilot announces "starting descent", I do that 2-3 times or so. Unless of course the pain is due to some medical condition.
Cricketics Posted February 9, 2012 Posted February 9, 2012 I have experienced something similar but not with air flights. It's usually when I am driving through a tunnel. I don't know if it's the darkness or what, it really gives me some headache. Every time when I drive down to NY through Lincoln tunnel or Holland tunnel, i get massive headache. I don't know if it's "all in the mind" or what.
maniac Posted February 9, 2012 Posted February 9, 2012 Looks like Airlines have stopped giving cotton as part of cost-cutting in the last few years.
rabinjackman Posted February 9, 2012 Posted February 9, 2012 cotton in the ears do the trick btw what airlines did u travel with?
Raghav_12 Posted February 10, 2012 Posted February 10, 2012 ^ trying to blow nose, with nose and mouth closed, works best and immediately. In fact, the moment pilot announces "starting descent", I do that 2-3 times or so. Unless of course the pain is due to some medical condition. This trick has done wonders to me. Used to have severe pain in ears after take-off and landing At times I would hard at hearing even after two-three hours of landing. I screwed one of my interview because of that :mad:. But now this simple trick keeps everything okay.
CSK Fan Posted February 10, 2012 Posted February 10, 2012 Drink lots of water before the flight. Usually caused by dehydration, particularly if you have been drinking before
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