What are the best sweets to suck on a plane to stop your ears hurting?

I get really bad ear pain when landing on plane journeys. What sweets for you are the best or does it not really matter?What are the best sweets to suck on a plane to stop your ears hurting?The harder the better as it is the swallowing that relieves the "pain", so a mint is better than gum. Simply swallowing will pretty much do the same job, so nothing is really needed. If you have a cold or feel congested you should take meds to relieve these symptoms prior to boarding.What are the best sweets to suck on a plane to stop your ears hurting?
What you are doing is helping to equalize the pressure in you inner ear. Sucking any kind of sweet can help as it moves your jaw around. You can also try yawning and moving your jaw from side to side with your mouth wide open. finally try holding your nose and blowing gently with your mouth shut. (This is what SCUBA divers have to do when they descend and ascend for exactly the same reason). Do not blow too hard!. If you hear a bit of popping and crackling the exercise is working.



Yawning and blowing actually work better than sucking the sweet. Finally don't wait for the pain to start, do the exercise every few minutes during descent as gradual equalization is better than letting it hurt and then trying as there will be more work for your ears to do.What are the best sweets to suck on a plane to stop your ears hurting?It's the swallowing that matters - it allows your euastacian tubes to open to balance the pressure across your eardrum. Anything that makes you swallow will do that - you can even just swallow.What are the best sweets to suck on a plane to stop your ears hurting?
gum, jelly beans, %26amp; gummies. Those work for me and they work pretty good besides there deliciouse

:p BDWhat are the best sweets to suck on a plane to stop your ears hurting?a mint or else you could chew some gum

thats what usually works for me



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Ones that last a long time:



Foxes

Boiled sweets

Mints

Small gobstoppersWhat are the best sweets to suck on a plane to stop your ears hurting?
humbugs they pretty good