Quite often, people turn to doctors complaining of noise, permanently or from time to time ringing in their ears. Let's try to figure out: how there is this unpleasant sound and there is a possibility of it in some way to get rid of?
Annoying sound: whence it in the ears?
Noise in the ears - is not an independent disease. He is only a symptom of a variety of pathologies. The causes of the tinnitus (so called doctor tinnitus) may be:
- cerumen;
- otitis (outer, acute or chronic low);
- otosclerosis;
- auditory tube dysfunction;
- tumors of the auditory nerve, the tympanic region;
- sensorineural hearing loss;
- various labyrinthitis;
- baro or acoustic trauma;
- Meniere's disease.
However, permanent or temporary tinnitus is accompanied by not only a disease of hearing, but also other pathologies. heart defects and abnormal vascular location, disease of the temporomandibular joint, diabetes, multiple sclerosis and hepatitis, hypo- and hyperthyroidism, hypoglycemia, and atherosclerosis - Here is a list of diseases in which patients suffer also from tinnitus. To such discomfort complain about those who have problems with the cervical spine, depression, schizophrenia.
Taking certain medications also triggers tinnitus. This "sin" antibiotics and diuretics, as well as many anti-inflammatory drugs. In the ears of the noise in case of poisoning with methyl alcohol and benzene. But in order to reveal the true cause of tinnitus, will have to pass a comprehensive examination, including proper hearing test as well as a special psychological testing.
By the way, sometimes tinnitus itself can cause, provoked a particular psychological disorder. The consequence of the constant sound can become nervous stress, which leads to insomnia, irritability and even depression.
risk groups
Most often suffer from tinnitus older people, but it can occur even in children. At risk also includes professionals "loud" vibrating industries and toxic plants. The prevention of tinnitus is the use of headphones and respirators where necessary.
Treatment
Tinnitus treated with different drugs. special medical techniques are also used, reducing the brightness perception of the noise and the stress load, allowing not to dwell on extraneous sounds. Experienced doctors used audiomaskery distracting patients from tinnitus.
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