EyeOnManhattan
04-06-2004, 01:12 AM
I had a slight cold the other day while on vacation. I got on the plane to fly home everything seemed fine. When the plane started to descend, I lost my mind!!! I fly all the time, but never felt this before. My ears stopped up, I couldn't hear, and all of a sudden got a terrible cramp running down the middle of my forehead and across my left eye. It felt like I was being stabbed. I couldn't hear or see out of that eye. I passed out for a split second before we landed. No one saw me to help me!!!!! When I got off the plane, I was very disoriented. I tried to epxlain to my husband the problem, but he didn't understand. My head still hurts from the cramp. I ended up having the flu, but I have flown with the flu before, and never had this happen. Anyone got any ideas? My husband says I don't need a dr. I am not so sure.
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Libbie
04-07-2004, 03:31 PM
hiya, you could have one of two things that i know, either you got a pressure bubble in your ear/nose system which can happen during a cold, which causes huge amounts of pain in the face as you described, but if it happens again, you'll have what i get, where the blood vessels in you nose block pressure which also causes severe pain in the ears. i used to end up crying in absolute pain every time we descended on a plane, but my doctor told me to use Otrivine, which you can get in a supermarket or prescribed, and that completely cures it. mine was coz i have this weird condition with my nose, and it didnt allow the pressure to be released. if it happens again, its probably that, but if not, it was a bubble, dont worry, no lasting harm done (i dont think) it just kills! :)