That plugged, underwater feeling in your ear is one of the most annoying cold symptoms. It happens because the Eustachian tubes —small passages connecting your middle ear to the back of your throat—become swollen with mucus, trapping fluid.
That plugged, underwater feeling in your ear is one of the most annoying cold symptoms. It happens because the Eustachian tubes —small passages connecting your middle ear to the back of your throat—become swollen with mucus, trapping fluid.