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As someone with occasional Eustachian problems, I can relate to your troubles.

I assume you've tried all the air-moving exercises to equalise the pressure? Tongue pressing against the ridge behind your upper teeth, repeatedly try to swallow (this is the thing that works the best for me, though I've never had a complete blockage; it's called the Frenzel maneuver [1])

Looking at wikipedia [2], there are quite a few variations you might try.

If these don't do anything for you, go see a doctor. This is serious, if it's lasting for a week.

[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frenzel_maneuver

[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ear_clearing#Methods




Holy crap. That worked!!

Thank you so much... you've really made my day. It's not perfect yet, likely the eardrum is a bit deformed/floppy from being stretched that long but it is about a million times better than 5 minutes ago.

:) :) :)

Mad props to you and I'd happily upvote you a 100 times if I could. If you're ever in/near Amsterdam let me know and I'll buy you dinner.




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