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**jisee** · 08-30-2007, 07:59 AM

. . .Hold your nostrils shut and try to blow into them - in effect youyre driving the gunk out of your ear/nasal passage. . .

I think this is an unwise thing to do and in fact probably does the opposite of what you are intending.
What you are really trying to do here, I think, is equalize pressure, like a valsalva maneuver in diving or doing what you describe but gently blowing. This can also cause dizzyness.

08-30-2007, 07:59 AM	#5
jisee Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 389 Senior Member	. . .Hold your nostrils shut and try to blow into them - in effect youyre driving the gunk out of your ear/nasal passage. . . I think this is an unwise thing to do and in fact probably does the opposite of what you are intending. What you are really trying to do here, I think, is equalize pressure, like a valsalva maneuver in diving or doing what you describe but gently blowing. This can also cause dizzyness.
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