How is tinnitus caused? Can I treat it with drugs?

There are about1.300 million tinnitus patients in China, and the incidence rate is very high. When tinnitus appears, most people will think that it is caused by excessive internal heat or fatigue, but it may actually be an early signal of some diseases.

The volume of tinnitus is generally around 5~ 15 decibels, which is easily covered by external noise, so most people feel fine during the day and it will be particularly noisy in the dead of night.

Generally, tinnitus will disappear by itself after a period of time. But if you get enough sleep and have a good mental state, it may be caused by some diseases, such as fatigue. If the human body does not get rest for a long time, it will affect the blood supply to the brain and ears and cause tinnitus.

How is tinnitus?

Tinnitus refers to a sharp or weak signal that only patients can perceive without external stimulation, which can be divided into subjective tinnitus and objective tinnitus.

Subjective tinnitus means that there is no external sound source in the ear or skull, but only the sound heard by the patient himself.

Common diseases include brain trauma, multiple otosclerosis, vestibular neurilemmoma, cerebellopontine angle tumor, sensorineural deafness, otitis media and so on. It may also be related to systemic diseases (diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, etc.). ), infectious diseases (meningitis, syphilis, Lyme disease, etc. ), intracranial lesions and the use of ototoxic drugs; It is also related to patients' psychological stress, irregular life, staying up late, smoking and drinking. Generally speaking, there are more women than men.

Objective Tinnitus refers to the tinnitus signal that can be heard by other people except patients. Common objective tinnitus includes: jaw muscle spasm and abnormal opening of eustachian tube.

Six taboos of tinnitus

1, pick out your ears with a hard object.

2, the body is too tired and the pressure is too great.

3. Hold your nose and blow hard.

4. Drug abuse

5, often in a noisy environment

6. Unreasonable diet

Relieving methods of tinnitus

1, keep opening your mouth.

Step 2 massage your ears

Step 3 hold your breath

4. Avoid uncomfortable environment

Is tinnitus terrible?

Tinnitus is not terrible, it depends on the cause of tinnitus. Most tinnitus is not terrible, and good results can be achieved through effective treatment.

Be sure to pay attention to tinnitus, some of which may be a signal of pathological changes in a certain part of the body. For example, patients with sudden deafness are often accompanied by tinnitus, but because they don't care, their hearing is further reduced; Some bilateral tinnitus tones are the same, which may also suggest intracranial lesions; Patients with acoustic neuroma can also have tinnitus.