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Tinnitus Facts

Article Category: Medicines and Remedies

Author Name: Ellen Currie

What is Tinnitus?

It is a condition that is characterized by swishing, ringing or other kinds of sounds that happen to be coming from the head or the ear. This is not a life-threatening health condition but most of the time, it is an indication of other underlying health problem - hearing loss due to old age, foreign objects inside the ear, and ear injury, certain ear conditions and circulatory disorders can cause the condition.

This condition can be objective or subjective. In the objective type, the doctor will be able to hear the sound during the check up while in the subjective type, the patient is the only one who hears the sounds.

It can be improved with direct medication or remedy of an underlying problem. While it hardly ever develops into a serious health problem , the condition is often associated with stress, fatigue, concentration problems, sleep problems, depression, memory problems, irritability and anxiety.

Who are prone to acquiring tinnitus?

While everybody can have the condition, there are certain individuals who are more prone to getting it - men, older people (more than 65 years of age), and people with hearing loss due to old age. In addition , individuals who are always exposed to loud sounds for a long time as well as those who have PTSD or post-traumatic stress disorder are said to have higher risks of acquiring the condition.

Causes

The condition is an indication of different health conditions, effects of drugs and blood vessel disorders. Some of the most common triggers of this condition are exposure to very loud noises, hearing loss due to old age, unusual bone growth inside the ear and earwax problem in the ear canal. Other causes of the condition are depression, stress, inner ear disorder, neck and back injuries and a benign lump of the cranial nerve.

This condition can also be caused by blood vessel disorders including neck and head tumors, high blood pressure, atherosclerosis, abnormality of capillaries and unstable blood flow. Drugs that can trigger the condition are cancer treatments, antibiotics, chloroquine and quinine for malaria, diuretics and aspirin.

Symptoms

Symptoms of the condition include hearing noises when there is no external sound. The patient may hear roaring, buzzing, clicking, ringing, squealing, whistling or hissing. The sounds may seem high or low in pitch and may disturb one's concentration.

Diagnosis

In order to detect tinnitus, your doctor will ask for your medical history, perform a physical check up and introduce a series of tests. The doctor will then test for earwax, hair or any foreign object that may be irritating your eardrum. It is vital to tell your doctor if the sounds that you are hearing are intermittent, pulsating or constant and if you are experiencing vertigo or hearing loss. Special examinations such as ABR or auditory brain stem response, hearing test, CT scan or MRI may be utilized in order to know the probable causes of your condition.

Treatment

If the doctor identifies an underlying cause of your condition, he or she will prescribe a medication to help treat the condition. This includes healing blood vessel problems, removing earwax or changing medication procedures. However, most of the time, the underlying problem cannot be recognized. While there is no particular treatment for the condition, your doctor may recommend other techniques to reduce the sound. Masking gadgets, hearing aids and white noise devices can be offered. While medications cannot cure the condition, there are drugs that can at least lessen the gravity of the symptoms such as alprazolam, acamprosate and tricyclic antidepressants.

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