Can ear fluid cause tinnitus?
Friday, August 27th, 2010 at
7:29 am
Can fluid in the ear, if left untreated for awhile, cause tinnitus? What are some at home things one can do to help the fluid drain properly? My ear has had some fluid in it for a month or so, and just recently got plugged up again. I can not afford a doctor at this time.
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Fluid in your ear canal can cause tinnitis by increasing the pressure applied on the eardrum. I’d recommend seeing a doctor, because fluid in your ears is usally indicative of an infection, and if left untreated can result in a permanent loss of hearing or a perforated eardrum. If you’re looking for alternatives to seeing a doctor, I’d suggest buying an ear candle to try & remove whatever you’ve got in there. My friend uses them and attests that they work, though I haven’t tried one myself.
If your ear is red, irritated, inflamed, or tender, you’re probably fighting an ear infection. You’ll need antibiotics, or at the very least you should be taking immune system supplements & eating a lot of acidophilus (e.g. Stonyfield Yogurt).
Hope this helps…
The fluid has nothing to do with tinnitus. Tinnitus is caused by excess exposure to noise, and old age.
If you use an ipod or something similar then you WILL get tinnitus, it is about to become the worlds number one health problem because of ipods, even Apple have woken up to the dangers at last.
Almost anything that negatively affects our ears can result in tinnitus. Fluid in the middle ear causes some degree of a conductive hearing loss. About 70% of the people with hearing loss have tinnitus. So I am not suprised that you have tinnitus.
The typical treatment for fluid in the ears is taking antibiotics, but often your ears will clear on their own in 4 to 6 weeks if you do nothing.