Causes of Tinnitus?
Monday, September 28th, 2009 at
10:26 am
What causes tinnitus?
What happens in ear that we get tinnitus?
In d morning my right ear had tinnitus interfearing wid hearing… what was that?
now its alright!..
Thank u 4 ur answers!…….
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Often it happens when you have been exposed to loud noises. For a while you’ll get a buzzing, ringing or a sound in your ear. After a period of time has passed, your hearing should go back to normal. You want to protect your ears from really loud noises, because if it happens a lot, it can damage your hearing over time or you might have tinnitus permanently if your ears are damaged many times..
Just go to wikipedia.org and search "tinnitus".
my tinnitus was caused by exposure to loud noise (rock concerts) and never goes away although there are ways to cope with it. tinnitus is really annoying so i sought treatment with habituation therapy which worked very well. hope this helps others out there:)
Pulsatile tinnitus, also called objective tinnitus, is a hissing, squealing, buzzing or roaring noise in your ear that follows the same rhythm as your heartbeat. The noise may vary in pitch and be loud enough to be distracting. Pulsatile tinnitus may be caused by certain disorders of the blood vessels, including:
Hardening of the arteries (atherosclerosis)
High blood pressure (hypertension)
Turbulent blood flow caused by narrowing veins or arteries
Malformation of capillaries
Head and neck tumors
If you experience the signs of pulsatile tinnitus, see your doctor. Sometimes, a doctor can hear the sounds of pulsatile tinnitus with a stethoscope. Treatment depends on the underlying cause.
Treatment of tinnitus depends on the cause.
If the ringing in your ears is due to age-related hearing loss or damage to your ears by exposure to excessive noise, no treatment can reduce the noise. Treatment consists mostly of managing the problem. Your doctor can discuss with you steps you can take every day to reduce the severity of the noise or to better cope with the noise.
If the ringing in your ears is due to another health condition, your doctor may be able to take steps that could reduce the noise, such as removing impacted earwax. Tinnitus resulting from a vascular condition often can be corrected by fixing the underlying problem. If a medication you’re taking appears to be the cause of tinnitus, your doctor may recommend discontinuing the drug or switching to a different medication.
Varying success for medications
Many medications have been tried to relieve tinnitus with varying degrees of success. Tricyclic antidepressants, such as amitriptyline and nortriptyline, have been used with some success, but these medications have troublesome side effects, such as dry mouth, blurred vision and constipation.
Two recent clinical trials found that the migraine medications gabapentin (Neurontin) and acamprosate (Campral), a drug used to treat alcoholism, are effective in relieving tinnitus for some people.
Treatments with limited results
Some other treatments that have been tried, but which have had inconsistent results, are:
Acupuncture
Hypnosis
The herb ginkgo
Cochlear implant, an electronic hearing device
Electrical stimulation
Medications, such as benzodiazepines (nervous system depressants) and baclofen (a muscle relaxant)
Hyperbaric oxygen chamber, a therapy to get a high level of oxygen in your blood
Zinc
Its an indication of hearing loud sounds dat myt damage ur ears