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Post by Merge on Apr 6, 2016 16:08:05 GMT
I work at one end of a long hallway that connects to a larger main building. When I leave my room and walk down the hallway toward the main part of the building, I have a sudden pressure buildup in my ears like you get on a plane, and often have a sudden headache as well.
This is a fairly recent development - I've been working here since last August and have noticed this problem since maybe a month ago.
What gives? There are no stairs and no elevation change ... I'm just walking along a flat, normal hallway. Can the air pressure be that different in different parts of the same building? Is there some other reason this might happen?
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Post by freebird on Apr 6, 2016 16:23:39 GMT
I've had that kind of problem while walking when I have some sort of blockage. Maybe it's not the elevation or pressure change but the fact that it's a long hallway and you have a blockage?
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Post by gsquaredmom on Apr 6, 2016 17:48:40 GMT
Are you sensitive or allergic to something in that hall?
Is there a ventilation system like a science department would have?
Are you sensitive to very subtle pressure changes in other situations?
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Post by paigepea on Apr 6, 2016 18:47:08 GMT
I would think you have some sort of minor seasonal allergy or minor end of cold / cold and the walk is doing something to you. Do you exercise is the gym or outside and is the same thing happening?
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on Apr 6, 2016 18:53:49 GMT
It's probably related to the extremely bad allergy season we are having this year. I was in the doctor's office last week for vertigo - something I've never had. Turns out it was allergy related. He told me he is seeing more people this year than in years past. Have you tried taking some allergy medicine or nasal spray to clear out your head? It took adding a daily Allegra to the Singulair I already take, as well as using Nasacort at night. I'm about 90% over the vertigo now, but if I skip either of those steps I pay the price the next day.
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Post by alissa103 on Apr 6, 2016 19:13:33 GMT
I'd guess allergies too and the long walk after being stationary is breaking up blockage. You might try some lymphatic massage. It helps with drainage/blockage and it's easy to do (I found a good tutorial on YouTube from an allergist). I have issues with my ears every spring and doing this has helped, plus upping my allergy meds starting every March 1.
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Post by blue tulip on Apr 6, 2016 20:10:23 GMT
I would guess that the ventilation isn't adequate, and a pressure buildup is occurring between the better ventilated areas of the main building and the room you are coming from.
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