What are the common causes of tinnitus? What are the types of tinnitus?

There are many factors that cause tinnitus, the most common ones are tinnitus caused by noise, lack of sleep, mental stress, sensory deafness, and otitis media. There are also some organic diseases of the ear itself, such as tympanic membrane invagination or pharyngitis, etc., while others are neurological tinnitus, which is more difficult to find**, can only be symptomatic**, you can go to the hospital for treatment, and choose a targeted ** after a clear diagnosis.

Tinnitus is a very common symptom that refers to the sensation of a sound in the ear without a sound source in the patient's environment. There are many reasons for tinnitus symptoms, such as strong noise from the outside world for a long time or the ears are hit by the outside world, and sometimes some diseases in the ear area will also cause patients to have tinnitus symptoms.

What causes tinnitus.

1. Strong noise. Noise itself is a serious health hazard. Long-lasting, excessive noise can adversely affect the central nervous system. Strong noise can also cause tinnitus and deafness. It causes damage to the inner ear of the human body and affects normal hearing.

2. Excessive fatigue. Excessive physical fatigue can also lead to the appearance of tinnitus. Whether you are constantly under mental fatigue or physical fatigue, it is easy to cause tinnitus due to excessive physical fatigue.

3. Living habits. Poor lifestyle habits are also a major cause of tinnitus. Frequent smoking, alcohol, staying up late, etc., can aggravate tinnitus.

What to do about tinnitus.

1. Tinnitus caused by hypoxia during exercise can increase aerobic training, enhance cardiopulmonary function, and improve cardiovascular capacity.

2. It is recommended to go to the hospital for nervous tinnitus**, and pay attention to ensure adequate rest; Don't be too stressed, you can do more exercise, and be careful not to get hot in your diet.

3. Be vigilant about tinnitus caused by other diseases, need to go to the hospital for treatment**, follow the doctor's advice, and do not do it yourself**.

The first is kidney deficiency, the kidney opens to the ear, if the kidney qi cannot reach the ear, there will be tinnitus. This type of tinnitus is usually sounded like a cicada. Patients may also have some accompanying symptoms such as frequent nocturia, soreness in the waist and knees, fatigue, etc. At this time, it is necessary to replenish the kidneys and fill the essence, nourish the yin and latent yang.

The second is spleen deficiency, spleen deficiency can not be transported, blocking the ear orifices, so tinnitus, this kind of tinnitus is particularly small, but continuous, more obvious when thinking or fatigue, at the same time, it is also accompanied by fatigue, abdominal distention, loss of appetite, loose stools and other symptoms, ** to strengthen the spleen and invigorate qi, clear heat and dampness.

The third is liver depression, which will lead to long-term negative emotions accumulating in the heart. Liver qi stagnation, qi blockage, elevation disorder, turbidity qi disturbance of the body, so tinnitus, tinnitus sound is mostly buzzing, patients, but also accompanied by headache or dizziness, bitter mouth and dry throat and other symptoms. **It is necessary to soothe the liver and relieve stasis, and practice qi.

Vascular disease.

Vascular disease most commonly causes pulsatile tinnitus. For example, the arteries near the temporal part of the ear may transmit the sound of turbulent blood, and the carotid artery system is also a common sound**. Patients with benign intracranial hypertension, sigmoid diverticulum, or significant jugular bulb may hear venous humming.

Tinnitus caused by hearing loss.

Hearing loss associated with ageing, known as presbycusis, usually begins around the age of 60.

Long-term exposure to high-decibel noise, or prolonged exposure to noisy environments, can also damage a person's auditory system and lead to hearing loss, such as large entertainment events or violent chainsaws.

In the case of hearing loss, the brain is unable to accept certain frequencies of sound and the brain begins to adapt, and tinnitus may be a way for the brain to fill this gap.

Middle ear blockage or Eustachian tube dysfunction.

Blockage of the ear canal can lead to increased pressure in the inner ear, affecting the function of the eardrum. For example, excessive earwax, middle ear effusion, etc. The Eustachian tubes are abnormally open and can cause tinnitus that resembles the roar of the ocean, and the frequency is synchronized with breathing.

Head and neck trauma.

Severe trauma to the head or neck can damage nerves, blood flow and muscles, causing tinnitus. This tinnitus symptom tends to be severe.

Temporomandibular joint disorders.

The temporomandibular joint, which connects the mandible to the skull, is located at the front of the ear and controls movements such as opening, closing, or chewing.

Damage to the muscles, ligaments, articular cartilage in the temporomandibular joint, can cause tinnitus symptoms because it is adjacent to the auditory system and shares part of the ligaments and nerves with the middle ear. In this type of tinnitus, patients may also feel jaw pain or have limited jaw movement; When chewing or speaking, there are fricatives.

Sinus pressure and barotrauma.

Severe colds, flu.

or sinus infections.

Nasal congestion can cause abnormal pressure in the middle ear, causing tinnitus. In the case of diving, diving, etc., acute barotrauma caused by violent and rapid changes in water pressure may also damage the middle and inner ears, causing tinnitus. Some people smoke, drink, and drink caffeine.

Tinnitus symptoms can be aggravated by drinking certain foods, stress, fatigue, etc., but the specific cause is not fully understood.

The causes of tinnitus are very many and can be due to inflammation, such as otitis media in patients. It can be a person who has been exposed to noise for a long time, and gradually has hearing loss and tinnitus. It can also be a trauma, such as when the patient breaks the eardrum, and tinnitus may occur.

Even medications, certain medications that we take for a long time can cause tinnitus. Then there are diseases of our whole body, including blood pressure, blood sugar, blood lipids, and other systemic diseases can also be affected. In addition, the elderly factor is also the cause of tinnitus.

In addition to these, there is also a category of neoplastic diseases that can cause tinnitus, such as acoustic neuroma.

There are several common causes of tinnitus:

1. Foreign bodies in the external auditory canal, perforation of the eardrum, acute and chronic inflammation of the middle ear, otosclerosis, Meniere's disease, acoustic neuroma, etc. can all cause tinnitus.

2. Tinnitus from veins is mostly noisy, and tinnitus from arteries is consistent with the pulse of pulse, such as jugular spheroid tumor, arteriovenous vascular malformation, hemangioma, etc.

3. Certain systemic diseases. Such as autonomic disorders, cerebral insufficiency, hypertension, hypotension, anemia, diabetes, malnutrition, etc.

4. Ototoxic drugs. For example, the use of streptomycin and kanamycin can cause tinnitus and hearing loss.

Fifth, the sound and long-term exposure to high-intensity noise can also cause tinnitus.

6. Smoking, drinking, and caffeine can reduce blood oxygen content, because the inner ear hair cells are extremely sensitive to oxygen, so the lack of oxygen will cause damage to the inner ear hair cells, so it is necessary to pay attention to changing bad habits.

There are many causes of tinnitus, such as physical fatigue, kidney deficiency, insomnia, and overwork.

1. Causes of ototoxic drugs: The drugs that cause tinnitus are divided into two categories, one type of drugs only cause tinnitus but not hearing loss, because this kind of drug affects the metabolic process of biogenic amines related to neurotransmitters in the central nervous system, resulting in "convulsions" in the auditory central neurons. Another class of drugs that cause both tinnitus and hearing loss, or even total deafness, is a "primary" manifestation of damage to hair cells or auditory neurons.

Such as: anticancer drugs, antibiotics and antiparasitic drugs, aminoglycosides antibiotics, etc.

2. Noise causes: People have such a common experience, if you suddenly hear the sound of firecrackers, there will be a long echo in the ear, which can only subside in half a day, which is that the external noise temporarily damages the human auditory nerve. Noise-induced tinnitus is mainly manifested as a disturbance of the spontaneous activity of auditory nerve fibers.

Generally speaking, noise above the safety noise standard (85-90 decibels) can cause tinnitus and deafness.

3. Causes of diseases of the outer ear and middle ear: foreign bodies in the outer ear (cerumen) can cause tinnitus when they touch the eardrum; Vascular malformations and lesions of the middle ear may also cause tinnitus. Most of this type of tinnitus can be examined by an otology clinician and**.

4. Age reasons: The incidence of tinnitus in people over 60 years old is as high as 30. The main cause is the degeneration of the auditory nervous system with age.

1. It is related to bad living habits, such as irregular diet, tiredness, stress, emotional tension, staying up late for a long time, poor rest, insomnia and dreams, etc.; 2. It may be suffering from ear diseases, such as otitis media, otitis externa, ear secretion blockage, ear nerve damage, etc., which are easy to cause tinnitus;

It is caused by systemic factors, such as high blood pressure can cause tinnitus, low blood pressure can also cause tinnitus, high blood sugar can cause tinnitus, low blood sugar can also cause tinnitus, and anemia can also cause tinnitus.

Problems with the ear itself, and problems with the ear itself are divided into different conditions due to different parts, such as the external auditory canal, inflammation of the external auditory canal, tumors, foreign bodies and even earwax can cause tinnitus.

Tinnitus is an unformed abnormal acoustic hallucination in the ear or skull in the absence of an external sound source. This sound sensation can be one or more and lasts for a certain amount of time.

Mainly ear diseases, such as external ear diseases: otitis externa, cerumen embolism, external ear foreign body, etc., acute and chronic inflammation of the middle ear, tympanic membrane perforation, otosclerosis and Meniere's syndrome of the inner ear, acoustic neuroma, can cause tinnitus.

Tinnitus can also occur in vascular diseases, such as jugular spheroid tumors, dilation of small blood vessels in the ear, vascular malformations, hemangiomas, etc., tinnitus from veins is mostly noisy, and tinnitus from arteries is consistent with the pulse pulsation.

Other systemic diseases can also cause tinnitus: autonomic disorders, cerebral blood supply deficiency, pre-stroke, hypertension, hypotension, anemia, diabetes, malnutrition, in addition, excessive use of drugs that have toxic effects on the ear such as gentamicin, streptomycin, or kanamycin, etc., tinnitus and hearing loss can also occur, and tinnitus appears earlier than hearing loss.

Excessive fatigue, lack of sleep, and excessive emotional tension can also lead to the occurrence of tinnitus**Method of Drug**: This ** is a common method that patients like to adopt.

The manifestations of tinnitus are varied and can be acute or chronic, persistent or irregular. People with tinnitus also hear a variety of sounds, such as cicadas, buzzing, clicking, etc. Tinnitus mainly affects the psychological experience of patients, and even causes deafness, which seriously affects the quality of life.

Tinnitus can be unilateral or bilateral, and can occur in the ear, intracranial, extracranial, and airborne. Tinnitus is called cranial ringing when it occurs inside and outside the skull, and if the tinnitus rings around the body, it rings in the air. High-pitched persistent tinnitus is the most common type and is usually caused by sensorineural hearing loss, suggesting cochlear injury.

Low-key tinnitus is common in Meniere's disease or unexplained tinnitus, which is consistent with the heartbeat and is caused by diverticula or arterial or venous fistula in the blood vessels, as well as tinnitus of somatic causes. Patients with tinnitus often have a sudden sound like cicada, wind, running water or electric current in the ear, and even some patients will have echoes and heartbeat sounds, which belong to the category of tinnitus. In addition, it can be accompanied by symptoms such as dizziness, headache, and a feeling of hearing loss.

Patients with hearing loss should be sure to visit the hospital as soon as possible. In some patients with tinnitus, the tinnitus goes away on its own after a few minutes of initial onset; If it persists for more than five minutes, or even for a whole day, you need to go to the hospital because it may be related to some diseases. For example, some patients may have persistent tinnitus, which may be a prelude to sudden deafness; When some patients experience tinnitus, they do not necessarily feel that their hearing has decreased, but only tinnitus is the first complaint, and this situation needs to be distinguished from other diseases.

The most common tinnitus disease like Meniere's disease, many patients are tinnitus as the first symptom, after the appearance of tinnitus, with the reduction of the ear, vertigo may occur, after the onset of vertigo some patients tinnitus will disappear, some patients will still have some residual tinnitus. There are also some patients with primary tinnitus, there is no specific disease or specific cause, it may be related to the auditory system, or it may not be related to the auditory system, 50% of patients may be related to sleep, mood, mental state, if the tinnitus affects the daily life, work and rest, to carry out certain adjustment and intervention.

The symptoms of tinnitus are not limited to 5 types, and the 5 common clinical symptoms are abnormal sound in the ear, hearing loss, ear swelling, dizziness and psychiatric symptoms, because the severity of the disease is different, so the symptoms will be different.

1. Abnormal sound in the ear: When tinnitus occurs, it usually leads to some abnormal sounds in the ear, such as buzzing or cicada chirping, and there may also be vascular pulsation sound and other noises, which usually last for a relatively long time in severe cases;

2. Hearing loss: If the tinnitus is more severe, it may cause the hearing to be affected to a certain extent, and hearing loss may occur, and in severe cases, it is likely to induce deafness;

3. Ear swelling: patients usually feel that there is ear swelling and ear tightness in the ear, and they will also find that the ear is particularly uncomfortable, which may appear on one side of the tinnitus and may appear on the opposite side;

4. Vertigo: If the tinnitus is more severe, it may be combined with vertigo, and it will be accompanied by nausea and vomiting, and the symptoms of tinnitus will be more serious;

5. Psychiatric symptoms: If long-term tinnitus is not effective, it may lead to anxiety or depression, as well as upset and insomnia, which will affect normal work or life.