Pinch your nose, close your mouth, and gently try to blow out. You'll feel a soft "pop" as the tube reopens. (Don't do this forcefully if you have a bad infection).
Deep inside your ear is the Eustachian tube, a tiny canal that connects your middle ear to the back of your throat. Its job is to equalize air pressure on both sides of your eardrum. ear blocked after flying
That is a very common and interesting phenomenon! The medical term for it is (or barotrauma ). Pinch your nose, close your mouth, and gently
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