Tinnitus and Its Treatment
Tinnitus and Its Treatment
By Tony Maichl
Tinnitus is a condition where you hear ringing, buzzing, roaring, whistling, or other strange noises in one or both ear without an external source of sound and the ringing may seem as if it is coming from the middle of your head.
Millions of Americans suffer from Tinnitus every day, it affects as many as forty million people many of them severely enough to cause problems like, insomnia and depression. Tinnitus can be classified as ether subjective or objective, with objective Tinnitus typically the doctor can hear the sounds as well because objective Tinnitus is generally caused by tumors, malformed blood vessels causing turbulent blood flow, or rhythmic spasms of the muscles around the ear. Subjective means the sounds are only heard by the person suffering from Tinnitus due to damage to the nerve endings in the ear.
When it comes to Tinnitus and its treatments, it is best to know what the causes are in the first place so, here are some of the things that can cause Tinnitus:
- prolonged exposure to loud noise 90 decibels or higher (this is the most common cause)
- excessive build up of ear wax
- ear infections
- aging
- medications including aspirin, quinine, heavy metals, alcohol, and certain antibiotics
- Menieris disease (syndrome)
- systemic diseases including syphilis, hypertension, anemia, or hypothyroidism tumors of the ear
- head trauma
For Tinnitus and its treatment dietary adjustment can be very useful in treating it. Start with eliminating coffee and other stimulants, reduce your fat and cholesterol intake which will improve blood circulation. Using a nutritional supplement that includes vitamin c, vitamin e, b vitamins, calcium, magnesium, potassium, and essential fatty acids can help improve your Tinnitus. Zinc supplements, has shown to help elderly people whose diets lack zinc but, did not significantly help younger people who ate a balanced diet. A natural supplement such as, Gingko Biloba which is a herbal extract and is believed to improve the blood circulation to the brain and head can help with Tinnitus and its treatments since reduced blood flow to your head can be a cause of the ringing in your ears.
Objective Tinnitus and its treatments normally require surgery to remove the underlying cause such as, tumors, excessive build up of wax in the ear, repairing the damaged or malformed blood vessels that cause turbulent blood flow. Non surgical things that can be done are discontinuing use of ototoxic medications and antibiotic treatment for infections.
There are many thing we can do to reduces the ringing in our ears and the best place to start is with our diets, if you eat well balanced meals the body will begin to heal itself. Stress can cause tinnitus, reducing the stress can also be a way to help with that annoying ringing in your ears that just won’t go away. If you have problems falling asleep because of the ringing you can try soothing recordings of waterfalls or ocean waves, sometimes focusing on soothing sounds can help mask the ringing and help you fall asleep more easily.
After many years of suffering from Tinnitus I found that just doing some of the simple things like, changing the things I ate and eating more balanced meals, taking supplements, and reducing my stress levels helped a lot in reducing the level of the ringing in my ears for more detailed information on Tinnitus and what finally helped cure my Tinnitus, visit my lens Tinnitus and its Treatment or Tinnitus Resources and Information.
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