Even though the symptoms of
tinnitus
apparently look quite simple to identify, in
reality, these are rather complex issues since symptoms
differ in accordance to the underlying causes that have
created them. For instance, symptoms related to Acoustic
Neuroma will be manifest in one ear only, whereas stress
related tinnitus could affect both the ears. Then there
are cases where vague ringing tones can be heard in the
ears that have been caused by ear drum damage or due to severe
infection of the middle ear and this has nothing to do
with tinnitus. Also, it needs to be kept in mind that
the symptoms of the problem may not be the same for
everyone and also, the intensity of tinnitus can also
vary from one person to another. Leaving aside all this,
quite simply put, ringing in the ear itself is not a
medical condition – rather it is the symptom of a
medical condition, that is often termed as tinnitus.
The fact is, tinnitus
symptoms
as experienced by a huge section
of the population all over the United
States, and when we
consider the rest of the world, the number becomes quite
surprising. And because of this huge number of people
who become affected by this problem, the medical
fraternity has become worried, and it seems that this
trend is going up.
What Are
These Symptoms Of Tinnitus?
All those people who are affected
by it experience mysterious sounds or noises within the
ear where no such resonance surrounds the affected
person in any way. And in most cases it has been seen
that those people who work in noisy environments or stay
in localities that are high on noise experience this
more than others. These may include ringing, roaring,
whistling, whizzing, rushing, gurgling or clucking noise
that is often accompanied by dizziness, headache
and loss of hearing to a
considerable extent. In some cases, vertigo goes hand in
hand with the awful racket, making the person’s life
totally miserable.
The Different Types Of
Tinnitus
Tinnitus
incidentally, is of two different types – ‘subjective
tinnitus’ and ‘objective tinnitus’. In the former case,
the noise is heard only by the person who is affected,
while with the latter, the attending physician can hear
it too. However, the physician can hear it only with the
help of specialized listening devices or instruments. In
certain cases, the sound level reaches such heights that
it supersedes all other surrounding sounds, leaving the
person listless and limp to all worldly activities going
round him/ her. Of course, these are more serious cases.
This indeed is a grotesque situation about which the
conventional medical science has very little to
offer.
In pulsatile tinnitus, the thumping
sound heard within the ear corresponds to the beating of
the heart. In other words, the person hears his/her own
heartbeat under complicated medical situations. However,
there are several reasons that promote this weird state
of affairs which includes restricted blood circulation
in the head and neck region. As the blood supply rises
or falls with the heart’s pumping action, having
relation with the systolic and diastolic pressure
, the effect is carried
to the inner ear through the nerves. And as a result of
this, the heartbeat sound is heard by the affected
person.
Though ringing in the ear is the
most common symptom of tinnitus
, it seldom reaches very high decibels. But what
it lacks in volume, it more than compensates by creating
enormous distraction to the person who has been affected
by it. And that distraction can be quite killing really.
That whizzing, rushing, gurgling, clucking and ringing
noise that persists throughout the day and night, often
makes the person crazy with very little or no hope of
recovery, save and except taking a holistic approach to
cure the underlying causes of the
problem.
Tinnitus Causes and a Permanent Tinnitus
Cure
Since tinnitus is such a
distressing condition, a quick and permanent cure is
what is needed. However to cure the problem, firstly,
the disease has to be understood better. It is essential
to understand that the internal root causes of tinnitus
are many and also, there are quite a few triggers that
make it appear. For example, though sinus problems often
trigger the disease, but this is not a root cause
– it is just a trigger. So for
a permanent remedy, firstly, the root causes must be
identified and then they should be eliminated, because
only then can you get a lasting remedy. Sadly, this is
not what conventional therapies do – they just treat the
symptoms without trying to find out the root causes and
naturally so, tinnitus often returns. Holistic remedies
on the other hand do just the opposite – it finds out
all the root causes and suggests remedies that may
include medications and also lifestyle changes and the
correct foods. This is why holistic remedies can so
successfully treat tinnitus.
