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You probably know given your username, but Sudafed is also great for diving to avoid barotrauma (MEBT). Just need to ensure it's not less than the 12 hour formu
by hunter2_ 3y ago
You probably know given your username, but Sudafed is also great for diving to avoid barotrauma (MEBT). Just need to ensure it's not less than the 12 hour formulation, lest it wear off at depth.
- mattmaroon 3y agoA year ago I had an eardrum suddenly and randomly rupture (probably due to an infection I never felt before it happened) and after it healed a bit, my ENT told me that I should take it before a flight just to be sure to open the eustachian tubes. Oddly a few days later I overheard pilots in the airport lounge talking about times their eardrum ruptured due to a cold or something. It’s an injury that’s not uncommon for them. Now I pop one before a fight every time just to be safe. If you’ve never had an eardrum rupture let’s just say it isn’t fun.
- Nursie 3y agoMy eardrum rupture was amazing. Would recommend :) Not so much “fun” as “blessed relief”. I picked up some sort of nasty flu in Mexico in about 2005, and my eustachian tubes got blocked for a few weeks, resulting in an ear infection with pressure building up behind the eardrum in one of my ears. When that drum finally burst I felt so much better. It was a sharp pain, and it was a bit gross, but so much better… Pseudoephedrine did nothing for me (it usually works great) and it took a a course of co-amoxiclav to finally clear up the infection.
- mattmaroon 3y agoAh, my pressure buildup happened in a few hours and it did suck. The rupture was more scary (literally hearing my ear explode) than painful, but the process after was really awful. I could barely stand at one point and even a year later I have bad tinnitus and some (thankfully minor) hearing loss.