All about Tinnitus

Approximately 50 million people in the United States, alone, suffering from a very annoying condition called tinnitus. For 12 million, it is up to a certain extent interfere with their normal daily activities. I know a few people were suicidal because the tinnitus.

Tinnitus may be described as ringing, roaring, sums cricket, or sound like ocean waves to name but a few of the descriptions I heard. Sometimes it is a swishing sound, vibrant and can sync with the heartbeat. One of the hardest things about this symptom of tinnitus is that it is generally not that everyone hears something different and therefore it is difficult to document with hard evidence that he is present. But can be extremely annoying to those of us who suffer with her. I understand the problem well, because it is something I have 24 hours a day for the last 40 years.

The cause of tinnitus at the cellular level is not known. However, there are numerous and varied timer and the associated symptoms. Most of the causes are benign, not life threatening or resulting in graeren problems. The vast majority of tinnitus sufferers is found to have at least a mild hearing loss in one or both ears. This is often especially in the higher frequencies, the conversation in question. Probably the grate number of tinnitus suffers are men, have a long history of exposure to noise over 85 dB over many years, typically contributed very little noise when all.

Some the common treatable causes of tinnitus head or noise impactions would ear wax, ear infections (both middle ear and outer ear), fluid behind the eardrum, a perforated eardrum, and similar mechanical problems.

Some other types of head injuries as skull fractures and Concussions can tinnitus. Neck injuries such as whiplash injuries and TMJ can sometimes trigger tinnitus. Tias strokes and can also trigger head tinnitus.

Blood ship noise or disease such as hardening of the arteries, aneurysms and congenital malformation or acquired the Blutgefae might be associated with a throbbing tinnitus. Many of these problems are serious and therefore the demand for medical attention. Tinnitus, in only one ear is something that demands medical evaluation, because it may be associated with tumors of the nerve of hearing and balance. Other serious diseases may have tinnitus as a symptom include such things as sclerosis.

Certain several antibiotics used in the treatment of severe infections can be very toxic to the inner ear and lead to permanent hearing damage and tinnitus trigger. Quinine and aspirin consumed when in large enough quantities, can cause tinnitus is reversible in most cases where the drug is discontinued.

The exact cause of the tinnitus at the cellular level, is not well understood and it is likely that there are several mechanisms that are responsible. One explanation is that the hearing permanently damage nerve cells, not destroy, but leads to a malfunction that causes a signal to the brain, the brain senses or reads, such as clay, although there are no similar sound in the background around the sufferer.

A great deal of tinnitus research is ongoing throughout the world and The American Tinnitus Association has in the past and continues to sponsor research looking for the cure and/or control of tinnitus. Information can be found on their website, http://www.ata.org/index.php

Dr. Gorden T McMurry http://www.YourDoctorOnDVD.com is a physician with over 30 years experience in the practice of medicine, seeing and treating patients on a daily basis. Through a series of informational DVD's, The Guides To Healthy Living series, he is providing sound advice to people on health and life style issues to help them control, maintain and improve their health and well being. He developed the series for use in his practice and they were so successful that he decided to significantly expand the list of available titles and make them available to the public at large.
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