Most people notice this when air pressure changes rapidly, such as when a plane ascends or descends. This happens because the ...

Most people notice this when air pressure changes rapidly, such as when a plane ascends or descends. This happens because the ...

Three months ago, I caught a respiratory virus on a trip to South America. According to my ENT doctor, my ear canals are clear, and my sinus infection (if I, indeed, had one) is all cleared up now.

For the ear to work properly, the air pressure inside the ear needs to be the same as the air pressure outside the ear.

Three months ago, I caught a respiratory virus on a trip to South America. According to my ENT doctor, my ear canals are clear, and my sinus infection (if I, indeed, had one) is all cleared up now.

Three months ago, I caught a respiratory virus on a trip to South America. According to my ENT doctor, my ear canals are ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: Three months ago, I caught a respiratory virus on a trip to South America. According to my ENT doctor, my ear canals are ...

Experts are warning that cotton buds can cause "more serious problems, such as hearing loss, dizziness, infection, earache or ...

I am feeling fine, and I’m back to my normal activity. But I still have plugged ears, as if they never recovered from the virus or perhaps the altitude changes I experienced on the trip.

As you have discovered, ears full of fluid, though not exactly painful, can be very uncomfortable. Blocked Eustachian tubes are often to blame, and you can help to open them up with decongestant ...