There are a few diseases that a
person often suffers from which, though not proving
fatal in nature can yet can be immensely agonizing, if
not unbearable to the point of committing suicide.
Tinnitus incidentally, could top the list of such
tormenting traumatic tragedies. It does not cause
excruciating pain in the body or limbs, nor does it rob
a person of his/her normal bodily functions, but it sure
turns the person roving mad with consistent tingling in
the ear day after day, month after month and year after
year, with no hope of ever getting an ounce of
relief.
It is not that there is no respite
from tinnitus
but more often
than not, these are either transitory in nature,
symptomatic in treatment (resuming as soon as drugs are
withdrawn) or involve complicated surgical procedure.
However, it must be borne in mind that the most
effective treatment for tinnitus may be conducted
through determining the underlying causes of the disease
and treating them independently and consistently. But
alas, conventional medical practitioners often fail to
achieve this and resort to therapies that include
harmful drugs, minerals or vitamins vaguely related to
the ailment, biofeedback, tinnitus maskers, and failing
all, by hypnosis.
Different Types of
Tinnitus
Nevertheless,
let us take a look at some of the conventional treatment
procedures addressed at tinnitus before taking any
conclusive view on the topic.
Remedies
for Tinnitus – Objective
Tinnitus
- Botulinum
toxin (Palatal tremor)
- Propranolol
/ Clonazepam (Arterial anatomic
variation)
- Gamma
knife radiosurgery (Glomus
Jugulare)
- Cochlea
shielding by Teflon implant
- Clearing of the ear canal
.
Remedies
for Tinnitus – Subjective
tinnitus
- Drugs /
supplements / nutrients
- Ginkgo
Biloba (in various forms)
- Lidocaine
injection into the inner ear (effective for about 20
minutes)
- Tricyclics
(Amitriptyline, Notriptyline) in minor
doses
- Zinc
supplements (if serum zinc deficiency is
observed)
- Sodium
fluoride/Etidronate
(Ostosclerosis)
- Acamprostrate
- Lignocaine
(for patients responsive to white noise
masking)
- Carbazepine
- Melatonin
(for those who also suffer from sleep
disturbance)
- Setraline
- Vitamin
supplements
(Lipoflavonoid)
Note: Most of
these are associated with mild to severe side
effects.
-
Electrical
stimulations supposed to stop the ringing
noise
- Transcranial
magnetic stimulation / Transcranial Direct Current
stimulation.
- Transcutaneous
Electrical Nerve
stimulation
- Implanted
electrodes for direct stimulation of the auditory
cortex.
- Application
of electrical or magnetic field on the head of the
person to reduce ringing as practiced by German
neurologist Berthold Langguth. Implanting of
electrode to the brain of the patient to deactivate
neurons, as practiced by Belgian neurosurgeon Dirk
De Ridder.
-
Surgery
to halt or reduce the ringing noise involves Repair of
the Perilymph
Fistula.
-
Use of
peripheral sound to counteract the ringing
noise
- Music
Therapy or Auditive Stimulation
Therapy
- Tinnitus
Masker
(white noise or filtered
noise)
- Ultrasonic
bone-conduction involving external acoustic
stimulation
- Tinnitus
retraining therapy
- Probable
lost frequency compensation with hearing
aid
-
Psychosomatic
Treatment for elimination of ringing
noise
- Cognitive
Behavioral therapy
- Light-based
therapy for Tinnitus
involves Photobiomodulation OR Low Level Laser
therapy.
From the above listing of drugs,
therapies, injections, surgeries and techniques applied,
it may become evident that medical science have so far
left no stone unturned to bring about an
effective remedy for tinnitus
and has, to
be honest about it, miserably failed on its mission.
Nevertheless, for a person keen on figuring out the
reason for the letdown, it is really quite
simple.
Researchers,
as we know, are employed by pharmaceutical giants to
find out drug formulations that would sell. Forewarned
thus, the analyzers narrow their outlook by devoting
more on the economic side of their invention than their
beneficial effect on the general public. But in the
process, they lose the perspective to examine a disease
in all its aspects, confining more on the symptoms than
the causes.
Tinnitus Remedies and Cures that
Work
Fortunately,
a group of open minded medical doctors have recently
appeared on the scene who believe in treating tinnitus
in a holistic way that has proved to be hundred percent
effective since it addresses the root causes that has
created the agonizing ear noise, ignoring the symptoms
altogether.
What is
more, the holistic approach has cleared their
perceptions to such an extent that they openly repudiate
the older theory that any one of the following three
issues is responsible for tinnitus in most
cases.
- High
level of stress or anxiety
- Sinus
congestion and/or complication
- Cochlear
(inner ear) nerve damage
However,
the doctors who firmly believe in holistic way of
treatment are positive about their conviction that all
three of the above issues are collectively responsible
for the ailment. Yes, there are many contributing
factors they say and to successfully get a cure, you
will need to delve deeper and find all of these factors
and then fix them. Only then will tinnitus go away for
good. Just treating the symptoms and not the root causes
(as is the case with the conventional approach) will
never work.
