There are different kinds of tinnitus. Some differ in the way they sound and also in the way they are caused and treated. One of the not so common types is Pulsatile tinnitus.
From the name itself, pulsatile tinnitus differs in a way that the sound you can hear in your ear is that of a beating or a pulsing sound. Instead of the usual ringing sound, you have that sensation of being able to hear your heart beating.
Fortunately, a rather wide range of this kind of tinnitus can be cured or treated. Once the main cause is figured out, the corresponding treatment for tinnitus can then in turn cure the tinnitus.
There are many possible causes of this kind of ear ringing. Among them is hypertension, heart murmur, glomus tumor, Eustachian tube disorder or abnormality of a vein or artery. As you may have noticed, all of which have something to do with the heart or the amount of blood flow in your body.
Most of the time, this kind of tinnitus occurs when there is ear infection. Once your ear gets irritated and is suffering from infection, then the inner ear inflames. The inner ear is usually filled with air. But once inflamed, the Eustachian tube malfunctions. Certain veins that are located near your ear or on your neck are then situated closer to your auditory nerve. Together with the inflammation and increased blood flow, you will then get to experience hearing your pulse or the rush of the flow of your blood.
Medications that treat the ear infection help eliminate the inflammation which then in turn lessens the pulsating ear ringing.
Be conscious that our auditory nerves are probably the most sensitive and delicate parts of our body. Thus it is important that delicate care should be considered in treating pulsatile tinnitus and any other ear disorder. Consult your physician or ENT for further information.
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February 06, 2009
February 01, 2009
Causes for Ringing Ears
Tinnitus can be classified as a medical condition which can occur to anybody at any hour of the day. It may be normal if we hear a ringing in the ears once in a while, but you should begin to worry if you should notice that you have a ringing in the ears that is constant and which lasts for hours or even days. Should this happen, I urge you to get the causes for ringing ears diagnosed.
Although we are aware that there have been several studies conducted which enumerates the possible causes for ringing ears, it is discouraged that we neglect a visit to a specialist. It is still best to have your condition diagnosed by an ENT after you undergo a series of medical examination. This can help avoid complications and rule out the possibility of serious health problems. Serious health problems that may involve a ringing in the ears are ear and brain tumor, atherosclerosis, heart disease, and high blood pressure. Most of those that cause serious health problems are is the pulsatile tinnitus.
Other not so serious problems that have been identified to cause tinnitus are constant exposure to loud noise, impacted ear wax, ear infections, stress, Meniere’s disease and ototoxic drugs. Musicians and those who work as construction workers are highly at risk to acquire a tinnitus. But what is quite alarming is that we now have an increase in the statistics of teenagers complaining of a ringing in ears. The Ipod and mp3 players that most teenagers love to use when listening to their favorite music, seems to be harmful to them.
Not so many people are aware that noise can be damaging to the ears. Any type of noise, whether it is music or a blast from a gunshot, can bring potential harm to your ears and may cause temporary or permanent hearing loss. If in any event it becomes unavoidable that you should be exposed to loud noise, try covering your ears with ear plugs.
If in any case, after your visit to a physician, the cause for ringing ears cannot be identified, that is the time that you try switching to alternative treatments like homeopathic tinnitus remedies, tinnitus masking therapy. Never attempt to use home remedies if you have not seen your doctor yet.
Although we are aware that there have been several studies conducted which enumerates the possible causes for ringing ears, it is discouraged that we neglect a visit to a specialist. It is still best to have your condition diagnosed by an ENT after you undergo a series of medical examination. This can help avoid complications and rule out the possibility of serious health problems. Serious health problems that may involve a ringing in the ears are ear and brain tumor, atherosclerosis, heart disease, and high blood pressure. Most of those that cause serious health problems are is the pulsatile tinnitus.
Other not so serious problems that have been identified to cause tinnitus are constant exposure to loud noise, impacted ear wax, ear infections, stress, Meniere’s disease and ototoxic drugs. Musicians and those who work as construction workers are highly at risk to acquire a tinnitus. But what is quite alarming is that we now have an increase in the statistics of teenagers complaining of a ringing in ears. The Ipod and mp3 players that most teenagers love to use when listening to their favorite music, seems to be harmful to them.
Not so many people are aware that noise can be damaging to the ears. Any type of noise, whether it is music or a blast from a gunshot, can bring potential harm to your ears and may cause temporary or permanent hearing loss. If in any event it becomes unavoidable that you should be exposed to loud noise, try covering your ears with ear plugs.
If in any case, after your visit to a physician, the cause for ringing ears cannot be identified, that is the time that you try switching to alternative treatments like homeopathic tinnitus remedies, tinnitus masking therapy. Never attempt to use home remedies if you have not seen your doctor yet.
November 20, 2008
Pulsatile Tinnitus Symptoms
Having the pulsatile tinnitus symptoms may mean that you have to visit your doctor as soon as possible. It is for the reason that you may be suffering from a medical condition, which, at times, can be fatal when left untreated. Also, tinnitus, in general, is treated according to its cause.
The most notable of the pulsatile tinnitus symptoms is the presence of a ringing ear noise that beats rhythmically with your heartbeat. You may hear a sound that can be a low-pitched thumping or booming, a high-pitched clicking, or a rougher blowing noise coincidental with respiration.
Usually, the type of noise that you perceive has something to do with where it is coming from. A low humming, for instance, can be the result of a venous blood flow. On the other hand, a fast clicking sensation is associated with contractions of the middle ear and palatal muscles.
Most of the causes of this type of tinnitus are circulatory problems. Its common causes include abnormality in the vein or artery, hypertension, heart murmur, and glomus (globe-shaped) tumor. Furthermore, its other potential causes include: Arteriovenous Intracranial Hypertension (BIH), Arteriovenous Malformations (AVMs), Atherosclerotic Carotid Artery Disease, Intracranial Vascular Lesions, twisted arteries, vascular tumors in the middle ear, and chronic inflammation or infection in the middle ear.
In order to determine the root cause, some tests may have to be done. Techniques are also used to help identify the cause with a fair degree of certainty, just like Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA), carotid artery ultrasonography, CT scan, and ultrasound.
What is the relationship of problems in blood flow and the unwanted sound, you may ask. When the blood vessel is narrower than usual because of some disorder, atherosclerosis or the hardening of the arteries for instance, there will be a localized increase in blood flow. In effect, the adjacent blood vessels have to carry extra blood, and this event creates noise.
Having the pulsatile tinnitus symptoms means that you have to undergo some symptom management methods as well as multidisciplinary treatments. Moreover, the primary tinnitus treatment that you have to make use of is generally dependent on what caused the unwanted sound. For example if the cause is blocked or narrowed arteries, then surgical reparation is conducted. If it is hypertension, on the other hand, medication would be the appropriate treatment. Besides surgery and drug therapy, however, alternative treatments and relaxation therapy are also standard methods of treatments.
The most notable of the pulsatile tinnitus symptoms is the presence of a ringing ear noise that beats rhythmically with your heartbeat. You may hear a sound that can be a low-pitched thumping or booming, a high-pitched clicking, or a rougher blowing noise coincidental with respiration.
Usually, the type of noise that you perceive has something to do with where it is coming from. A low humming, for instance, can be the result of a venous blood flow. On the other hand, a fast clicking sensation is associated with contractions of the middle ear and palatal muscles.
Most of the causes of this type of tinnitus are circulatory problems. Its common causes include abnormality in the vein or artery, hypertension, heart murmur, and glomus (globe-shaped) tumor. Furthermore, its other potential causes include: Arteriovenous Intracranial Hypertension (BIH), Arteriovenous Malformations (AVMs), Atherosclerotic Carotid Artery Disease, Intracranial Vascular Lesions, twisted arteries, vascular tumors in the middle ear, and chronic inflammation or infection in the middle ear.
In order to determine the root cause, some tests may have to be done. Techniques are also used to help identify the cause with a fair degree of certainty, just like Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA), carotid artery ultrasonography, CT scan, and ultrasound.
What is the relationship of problems in blood flow and the unwanted sound, you may ask. When the blood vessel is narrower than usual because of some disorder, atherosclerosis or the hardening of the arteries for instance, there will be a localized increase in blood flow. In effect, the adjacent blood vessels have to carry extra blood, and this event creates noise.
Having the pulsatile tinnitus symptoms means that you have to undergo some symptom management methods as well as multidisciplinary treatments. Moreover, the primary tinnitus treatment that you have to make use of is generally dependent on what caused the unwanted sound. For example if the cause is blocked or narrowed arteries, then surgical reparation is conducted. If it is hypertension, on the other hand, medication would be the appropriate treatment. Besides surgery and drug therapy, however, alternative treatments and relaxation therapy are also standard methods of treatments.
November 17, 2008
Pulsatile Tinnitus Symptoms
Of the pulsatile tinnitus symptoms, being able to hear an ear noise that beats in time with the your heartbeat is the most common. Usually, the sound that you hear can be in the form of a low-pitched booming or thumping, or a high-pitched clicking noise. It may also come as a rougher blowing noise that is coincidental with respiration.
The ringing in the ear sound that a sufferer hears relating to the condition is usually associated with what caused it. For instance, a rapid clicking sensation is associated with the contractions of the middle ear and palatal muscles while a low humming can be a result of venous blood flow.
If you experience any of the pulsatile tinnitus symptoms, go visit your doctor as soon as you can. It is because the presence of the unwanted noise can mean that you are suffering from a particular medical condition, which can most likely be a circulatory problem. You may undergo a series of tests, and techniques like Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), ultrasound, CT scan, and Carotid Artery Ultrasonography can be utilized in determining the source of the unwanted sound.
Its most common causes include glomus (globe-shaped) tumor, hypertension, abnormality of the vein or artery, and heart murmur. Moreover, its other potential causes include:
The ringing in the ear sound that a sufferer hears relating to the condition is usually associated with what caused it. For instance, a rapid clicking sensation is associated with the contractions of the middle ear and palatal muscles while a low humming can be a result of venous blood flow.
If you experience any of the pulsatile tinnitus symptoms, go visit your doctor as soon as you can. It is because the presence of the unwanted noise can mean that you are suffering from a particular medical condition, which can most likely be a circulatory problem. You may undergo a series of tests, and techniques like Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), ultrasound, CT scan, and Carotid Artery Ultrasonography can be utilized in determining the source of the unwanted sound.
Its most common causes include glomus (globe-shaped) tumor, hypertension, abnormality of the vein or artery, and heart murmur. Moreover, its other potential causes include:
- Benign Intracranial Hypertension (BIH)
- Arteriovenous Malformations (AVMs)
- Twisted Arteries
- Atherosclerotic Carotid Artery Disease
- Intracranial Vascular Lesions
- Vascular tumors in the middle ear
- Middle ear effusion
- Chronic inflammation or infection in the middle ear
You might have observed that most of the causes have something to do with blood flow. What happens is that when the blood vessel is narrower than normal, a localized increase in blood flow takes place. As a result, the adjacent blood vessels have to carry extra blood, thus creating noise. Another example is that when you are suffering from atherosclerosis or hardening of the arteries, your blood vessels become narrow, which prevents blood from flowing easily. Thus, a noisy turbulent blood flow may take place.
When you have the pulsatile tinnitus symptoms, you may have to go through various symptom management methods together with multidisciplinary treatments. The treatments that you may have to go through generally depend on the root cause of the condition. Drug therapy, alternative treatments, relaxation therapy, and biological feedback are some examples of the standard methods of treatments being used.
February 08, 2007
Pulsatile Tinnitus - What Is It?
Pulsating Tinnitus -
Pulsatile tinnitus is a rhythmical sound that beats in Tune with your hearbeat. The noises and rhythms you experience will vary from person to person.
Pulsatile tinnitus results because of other underlying health conditions. Treatment is always available for pulsatile tinntus because you can treat the problem responsible for the pulsatile tinnitus.
throbbing tinnitus can be the result of increased blood flow in the large arteries in the neck, base of the skull, or the smaller veins inside the ear.
There are many circumstances, that can be responsible for increased blood flow.
Localized faster blood flow in the body which occurs during strenuous activity or can also be caused by severe anemia.
Localized increased flow of blood occurs when a blood vessel is narrower than it should be. Obviously other veins in the area will now need to move more blood as a result. The additional flow generates noise and can result in Pulsatile tinnitus.
Causes of Pulsatile Tinnitus Include:
Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) - Abnormal groups of arteries and veins that occur within the cranial cavity near the auditory nerve.
Carotid artery-cavernous sinus fistula - An aberrant connection between a large artery and venous pool within the cranial cavity; generally the result of severe head trauma.
Chronic Inflammation and infection of the middle ear. Chronic inflammation is accompanied by increase in the flow of blood to the inflamed tissue. You are able to hear the increased blood flow noise because the inflamed tissue is in the middle ear.
Middle ear fluid. The middle ear is normall an air-filled space. If infection or inflammation occurs, or there are blocked Eustachian tubes, fluid will accumulate behind the middle ear, resulting in Pulsatile tinnitus.
Pulstile tinnitus will also occur when the is a constriction or a partial blockage of these blood vessels from an atheroma which is a fatty deposit in inner lining of a blood vessel, which can restrict blood flow and is caused by high levels of cholesterol .
Pulsatile tinnitus treatments are related to it's peculiar cause. Reducing the cholesterol levels in the system will also help in lowering the levels of pulsatile tinnitus.
Treatment of pulsatile tinnitus normally involves a multi-disciplinary approach which can encompass a variety of symptom management approaches. The majority of sufferers with Pulsatile tinnitus are treated with conventional allopathic methods of tinnitus treatments including drug therapy, alternative treatments, biofeedback, and sound and/or relaxation therapy.
John Currie provides free tinnitus counselling and offers alternative tinnitus treatments and remedies via his tinnitus website online.
Pulsatile tinnitus is a rhythmical sound that beats in Tune with your hearbeat. The noises and rhythms you experience will vary from person to person.
Pulsatile tinnitus results because of other underlying health conditions. Treatment is always available for pulsatile tinntus because you can treat the problem responsible for the pulsatile tinnitus.
throbbing tinnitus can be the result of increased blood flow in the large arteries in the neck, base of the skull, or the smaller veins inside the ear.
There are many circumstances, that can be responsible for increased blood flow.
Localized faster blood flow in the body which occurs during strenuous activity or can also be caused by severe anemia.
Localized increased flow of blood occurs when a blood vessel is narrower than it should be. Obviously other veins in the area will now need to move more blood as a result. The additional flow generates noise and can result in Pulsatile tinnitus.
Causes of Pulsatile Tinnitus Include:
Arteriovenous malformations (AVMs) - Abnormal groups of arteries and veins that occur within the cranial cavity near the auditory nerve.
Carotid artery-cavernous sinus fistula - An aberrant connection between a large artery and venous pool within the cranial cavity; generally the result of severe head trauma.
Chronic Inflammation and infection of the middle ear. Chronic inflammation is accompanied by increase in the flow of blood to the inflamed tissue. You are able to hear the increased blood flow noise because the inflamed tissue is in the middle ear.
Middle ear fluid. The middle ear is normall an air-filled space. If infection or inflammation occurs, or there are blocked Eustachian tubes, fluid will accumulate behind the middle ear, resulting in Pulsatile tinnitus.
Pulstile tinnitus will also occur when the is a constriction or a partial blockage of these blood vessels from an atheroma which is a fatty deposit in inner lining of a blood vessel, which can restrict blood flow and is caused by high levels of cholesterol .
Pulsatile tinnitus treatments are related to it's peculiar cause. Reducing the cholesterol levels in the system will also help in lowering the levels of pulsatile tinnitus.
Treatment of pulsatile tinnitus normally involves a multi-disciplinary approach which can encompass a variety of symptom management approaches. The majority of sufferers with Pulsatile tinnitus are treated with conventional allopathic methods of tinnitus treatments including drug therapy, alternative treatments, biofeedback, and sound and/or relaxation therapy.
John Currie provides free tinnitus counselling and offers alternative tinnitus treatments and remedies via his tinnitus website online.
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