Hi, may I answer your health queries right now ?  Please type your query here...hi, just back from a holiday with my 13-year old daughter who has glue ear. she had some discharge in plane when landing, and complained of pain in her right temple and that her right gums were hurting. i massaged her temple with some ointment hoping to relieve the pain, and it helped. but she still feels her right gums are a bit numb at moment. we landed just under 4 hours ago. should i take her to a doctor now? im in malaysia and its now 2.50am. many thanks for your advice.
Hi. Welcome to Chat Doctor . I have gone through your query and can understand your concern. As per your complaint it seems that your daughter is suffering from Aerosinusitis leading to inflammation of sinuses causing pain in temple and pain in upper teeth and gums. At times due to change in atmospheric pressure at higher altitudes there is discomfort in sinuses leading to the symptoms that your daughter is experiencing presently. It is generally proceeded with cold and upper respiratory tract infection. Do not worry as it will get resolved with treatment. Consult an ENT Physician and get evaluated and a thorough clinical evaluation and PNS view x-ray of sinuses can help in diagnosis and treatment can be done accordingly. She can be given decongestant nasal sprays along with steam inhalation and using a humidifier in your room. Do saline nasal irrigation. In case if there is infection in the sinuses then a course of antibiotics can be advised. Hope this information helps. Thanks and regards. Chat Doctor.