Travel Sickness and Ear Popping on airplane

[buzybee]

My Daughter (4) isnt a very good traveller she get very nausea and sometimes sick when we travel. we're going to the U.S. in summer. is there any good tablets she could take before we go? ive heard of 'travella' a homopathic remedy has anyone tried this before?

also i went to italy 2 years ago and was sick for 3 days there with my ears. they we're popping like crazy on the plane and when we got off i couldnt hear for 3 days. is there anything you can do to stop this happening? i was sucking sweets on the plane and swallowing hard but it still didnt help! its awful painful!

thanks

[stewey]

A good way to equalize inner and outer ear pressure is to pinch your nostrils closed and attempt to 'blow' through your nose. You may have to do this continually, especially when descending.

[beejaybee]

Travella is good. Anything with ginger in it would also help even ginger biscuits.

[beatle3]

i went to nz this last year my ear drums perforated it was awful.make your daughter hold nose and keep swallowing when taking off and landing.this will stop the eustachion tube collasping and make her do it when off the plane if still poping.i saw dr in sydney nothing could be done but keep inflating the tubes.remember hold your nose when you swallow.have nice time

[beatle3]

oh yes as knobby said there these ear plugs get em at boots in the airport,if heathrow they got em or try the travel shop in the airport.i used em on flight home

[welshlibranr]

Travel Bands from Boots may stop your daughter's travel sickness, they do adult and children's sizes, my daughter used to suffer awful travel sickness, then a friend told me about these wrist bands, I believe they apply a little pressure to the pressure points in the wrist, which stops the sickness, I wasn't convinced really, but tried them, and they really worked well, thankfully she had now outgrown her travel sickness.
Hope this helps M

[spudqueen]

I always suck a sweet on ascending and descending, it really helps with the ears. When we flew Virgin to Florida they even came round with boiled sweets before landing. Another way is chewing gum.
It is too late really when you are landing, I have to start sucking sweets as soon as I can feel the plane descending. I amaze the people I'm flying with as I can always tell when it starts descending by my ears, even before it comes on the little screen on the TV.

[angeldraws]

Not sure if this is any help - but i always try hard to yawn as sucking a sweet or swallowing lots doesnt seem to work for me.....