Home care for barotitis media includes:
- Avoid diving until symptoms resolve.
- Use a nasal decongestant spray.
- Use an oral decongestant
- Take oral antihistamines for allergies.
- Perform Valsalva maneuver when flying.
- Close your mouth and pinch your nose.
- Take a deep breath.
- Expel the air from your lungs against the pinched nose and closed mouth: this forces air into the middle ear.
- Acetaminophen for pain
- Ibuprofen for pain
- Take prescribed medications as directed.
