{"id":6435,"date":"2023-01-26T21:53:13","date_gmt":"2023-01-27T02:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/advancedent.com\/?p=6435"},"modified":"2023-01-26T21:53:16","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T02:53:16","slug":"what-is-barotrauma-and-how-does-it-affect-our-ears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/advancedent.com\/what-is-barotrauma-and-how-does-it-affect-our-ears\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Barotrauma and How Does it Affect Our Ears"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Have you ever felt ear pain<\/a> during a flight? If so, you\u2019ve experienced barotrauma.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the National Library of Medicine, \u201cbarotrauma is physical tissue damage<\/a> caused by an unrelieved pressure differential between a surrounding gas or fluid and an unvented body cavity (e.g., sinuses, lungs), or across a tissue plane.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why Does Barotrauma Happen When You Fly? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Though barotrauma can happen during scuba diving or driving up a mountain, it\u2019s most commonly associated with flying. More specifically during the flight\u2019s ascent and descent when the pressure in the cabin changes more rapidly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When a plane takes off, the environmental pressure around you decreases and can push your eardrum outward. When the plane begins its landing, the environmental pressure increases and pushes your eardrum inward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For most people, this is temporary, and their ears work to equalize the pressure, which is what causes the \u201cpopping\u201d noise. However, certain people can struggle to equalize, especially those who have an ear infection, cold or other problems with their Eustachian tubes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Barotrauma Ear Symptoms<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Symptoms of barotrauma in the ear include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n