Can otitis media cause tinnitus? Can otitis media cause tinnitus?

Otitis media is a common symptom of ear swelling and hearing loss, which often occurs after a cold, and occurs unconsciously, sometimes the head position changes can feel the hearing improve, some patients have mild earache, tinnitus is mostly intermittent tinnitus, and some patients have no tinnitus symptoms.

Not necessarily, some otitis media will have tinnitus after healing, and some will not have tinnitus. Everyone's situation is different. Otitis media is a problem in the middle ear and tinnitus is a problem in the inner ear.

Common symptoms of otitis media:

1. Hearing loss: hearing loss and self-hearing enhancement can be improved from time to time by turning the head, and sometimes blocked, such as only one ear is diseased, and may not be noticed for a long time.

2. Earache: Acute patients with otitis media will have persistent vague earache or sometimes throbbing pain, and chronic otitis media patients will have no obvious earache with parapalateral disease or accompanied by ear closure or stuffiness, which can be temporarily reduced by pressing the tragus.

3. Tinnitus: mostly low-key intermittent, such as crackling, buzzing and running water, when the head moves or yawns, blows the nose and opens the Jane, the sound of breath passing through the water can appear in the ears.

There are causes of tinnitus.

1. Diseases of the ear. Tinnitus can be caused by most ear diseases, such as cerumen embolism, otitis externa, foreign bodies in the outer ear, perforation of the eardrum, acute and chronic inflammation of the middle ear, acoustic neuroma, otosclerosis, and Meniere's syndrome of the inner ear.

2. Vascular diseases. People with vascular diseases will often have tinnitus, tinnitus from the veins is mostly noisy, such as the dilatation of small blood vessels in the ear, jugular venous spheroid tumors, vascular malformations, hemangiomas, etc., tinnitus from the arteries is consistent with the pulse pulsation.

3 A variety of diseases can cause tinnitus. Almost any cause of ear disease can cause tinnitus symptoms, a small piece of tinnitus in contact with the eardrum or a tumor located in the auditory nerve can cause tinnitus, in addition, ototoxic drug poisoning, otosclerosis (a disease that occurs in the ossicles of the middle ear), noise, etc. can cause different degrees of tinnitus, some tinnitus on one side, some on both sides, tinnitus manifests in a variety of ways, some persist, some intermittent, light when quiet to feel tinnitus, heavy in the city feel noisy and restless.

4. Noise causes. Most people have experienced such a thing, that is, if you hear too loud sounds, such as firecrackers, thunder, the ears will reverberate or tinnitus, this is because the external noise temporarily damages the auditory nerve of the person, especially those who work in a noisy environment for a long time, the inner ear nerve will continue to be damaged, such as traffic police, car drivers, mahjong entertainers, armed police, disco workers, soldiers, long-term meeting people, etc.

5. Other reasons. Diseases of the body can also cause tinnitus, such as hypotension, autonomic disorders, pre-stroke, cerebral blood supply deficiency, hypertension, anemia, malnutrition, diabetes, etc.

Otitis media can not only cause tinnitus, but also cause hearing loss, so it's best to go to the hospital.

Having otitis media can cause tinnitus symptoms. Common acute otitis media or even acute purulent otitis media may cause a certain degree of hearing loss and tinnitus symptoms. Some patients have chronic suppurative otitis media and secretory otitis media, which may also cause a certain degree of tinnitus symptoms, this kind of tinnitus may persist for a long time, and it is generally necessary to comprehensively analyze the symptoms of tinnitus through a detailed examination of the ear, and take corresponding treatment measures.

After the appearance of otitis media, it will cause dizziness, headache, tinnitus, hearing loss and other symptoms, you can take appropriate rest and eat some light food.

Otitis media is indeed one of the causes of tinnitus, but not all people with otitis media will cause tinnitus. The causes of tinnitus are still very complex, not only related to these diseases in the auditory system, inflammation of the middle ear, lesions of the inner ear, and lesions of the outer ear, but also may be related to many factors throughout the body, such as blood pressure, blood sugar, dyslipidemia, sleep disorders, such as anxiety, depression, migraine, headache, and changes in menopausal female hormone levels, as well as sleep apnea syndrome, which may be related to tinnitus. Therefore, patients with otitis media can have tinnitus, but otitis media is not necessarily the whole cause of tinnitus in this patient.

However, in principle, it is also necessary to carry out otitis media first, observe the effect of tinnitus, and then find other reasons if it does not work. Generally speaking, it is necessary to look for systemic factors, and then cooperate with the ** of otitis media. Therefore, the relationship between otitis media and tinnitus is definitely not a simple causal relationship, but a very complex and intricate relationship.

Pro tip: Otitis media can cause tinnitus, but not all otitis media can cause tinnitus. There are many causes of tinnitus, such as diseases of the outer ear or diseases of the inner ear and systemic diseases, hypertension, high blood sugar, etc., which are easy to cause tinnitus, and can be treated according to the symptoms.

Otitis media will be accompanied by tinnitus, the typical symptoms of otitis media are tinnitus, some patients will be accompanied by low-key or high-profile tinnitus, in secretory otitis media patients, when pinching the nose and puffing up, the sound of air passing through the ears will be heard. In addition to tinnitus, otitis media can also be accompanied by hearing loss.

Tinnitus caused by middle ear inflammation, the most common clinical is secretory otitis media, often due to nasal congestion caused by colds, accompanied by ear blockage, stuffiness, tinnitus, hearing loss, and purulent otitis media can also cause tinnitus, but also due to external sensations, which can be caused by colds, and then the ears enter the sewage, and the sewage can also be caused by the ears, such as swimming, bathing, sewage into the ears, which can cause ear pain, which is more common in children. At first, ear pain, ear blockage, and ear ringing, if it develops to a certain extent after a period of time, it can cause pus in the ear, and the eardrum can be perforated on examination. Pus coming out of the middle ear can cause tinnitus, which can cause hearing loss.

This kind of pass**, such as secretory otitis media, through nose drops, can be used by traditional Chinese medicine methods**, or purulent otitis media can be used with ear drops, such as anti-inflammatory drugs ear drops, most otitis media is good, tinnitus can disappear, the prognosis is still very good, but to be positive**, if early**, most can be cured. If it is not timely, such as secretory otitis media, it can cause adhesions between the eardrum and the medial wall, which can cause tinnitus to become permanent, and hearing loss to become permanent. Therefore, in the acute stage, there is also purulent otitis media, also through the positive**, most of them can be good, but some patients can cause tympanic membrane perforation, resulting in chronic purulent otitis media, such patients may be left with tinnitus, chronic tinnitus for a long time.

Tinnitus may be induced when suffering from otitis media, mainly due to abnormal pressure in the ear, which is generally related to poor Eustachian tube function and tympanic membrane perforation.

I have personally experienced that I have otitis media and occasionally have sudden tinnitus, so it is recommended to go to the hospital to see an otolaryngologist.