Is tinnitus a symptom? What do symptoms mean?

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Wuhan Ren'an Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital-Che Guanghui-Attending Physician-Otolaryngology-What does tinnitus feel like?

Nasopharyngeal cancer: About half of all patients with nasopharyngeal cancer have tinnitus, which is often a low-frequency buzzing sound. Therefore, once the above symptoms appear, especially men who smoke regularly, they should be highly vigilant for the possibility of nasopharyngeal cancer.

Sudden deafness:

It is a spontaneous, sudden, and often unilateral neuropathic rapid hearing loss, often accompanied by tinnitus, and predominantly high-pitched. The disease is unknown, but it may be related to cold, heat, excessive fatigue, allergies or viral infections such as influenza, mumps, shingles, etc., and the blood circulation and substance metabolism of the inner ear are impaired, resulting in insufficient blood supply and hearing loss. In addition, the formation of blood clots will aggravate the blood circulation disorder in the inner ear, so patients with atherosclerosis must be vigilant and go to the hospital for a comprehensive examination in time once accompanied by tinnitus.

The symptoms of tinnitus are varied and can be acute or chronic, persistent or irregular. Tinnitus patients hear a variety of sounds, such as cicada chirping, buzzing, dull sounds, etc.

The following accompanying symptoms may occur.

Hearing loss: 2 out of 3 people with tinnitus have hearing loss.

Ear swelling: Patients often feel ear swelling, ear tightness, ear blockage, and ear discomfort. It can occur on the same side of the tinnitus or on the opposite side.

Vertigo: mostly vertigo that consciously spins around, or nausea and vomiting, with the characteristics of anti-**. Generally, the tinnitus will be significantly worse before the onset of vertigo and less effective after the vertigo.

Psychiatric symptoms such as depression: Patients with tinnitus are prone to depression, anxiety, upset and insomnia. Patients with different psychological qualities have different degrees of influence of tinnitus.

1. High-pitched, intractable tinnitus.

In the early stage of tinnitus, patients will have intermittent squealing sounds in their ears, sometimes unilaterally first, and in the later stage, they can gradually develop into persistent noise in both ears, and can also be manifested as buzzing sounds, running water sounds, etc., and many patients also have cranial ringing.

2. Tinnitus and dizziness.

If tinnitus occurs at the same time as vertigo, it may be a sign that deafness is occurring. When the symptoms of vertigo and tinnitus are significantly aggravated, patients should see a doctor in time to check their hearing condition.

3. Poor listening concentration.

Patients with tinnitus often have hearing inattention, especially when tinnitus develops to a moderate level, patients will feel that their auditory attention is reduced when talking to others, such as when talking to others, it is not easy to focus on the conversation with the other person for a long time, and often do not notice that others are greeting themselves. Patients often have difficulty hearing others when reading and writing.

Fourth, the voice becomes louder.

Some patients have a certain impact on their hearing after a long period of tinnitus, and some patients feel that they are not hearing enough sounds, so they often put their hands behind their ears in the hope of increasing the reception volume, and patients tend to turn on the volume very loudly when watching TV or listening to the radio. When the patient speaks to others, he or she may unconsciously make his voice louder.

5. Interrupt or ask the other party to repeat.

When talking face-to-face with others, people often interrupt or have to pay attention to what is being said. When slapping with others, often ask the other person to raise the volume. This indicates that the tinnitus has affected the patient's hearing, and the patient should be alert to the possibility of developing deafness, and the patient should seek medical attention in time**.

Tinnitus is a common symptom of ear diseases, patients feel that there are sounds in the ears and different loudness, and high-pitched tinnitus can make patients annoyed and affect sleep and work. Its appearance may be intermittent or continuous. Sometimes tinnitus can be the first symptom or a companion symptom of certain conditions.

Unilateral or bilateral tinnitus, which can be accompanied by cranial ringing, may be continuous or intermittent. There is also a variety of sounds, which can be high-pitched, tinnitus like the chirping of cicadas, or low-frequency buzzing sounds, which can be accompanied by hearing loss or normal hearing.

Tinnitus is a common disease with a variety of clinical manifestations, ranging from unilateral tinnitus to bilateral tinnitus, to cranial tinnitus, which can be continuous or intermittent. The sound is also diverse, and can be high-pitched, tinnitus like a cicada, or a low-frequency humming sound, which can be accompanied by hearing loss or normal hearing.

There are many clinical causes of tinnitus, such as cerumen embolism of the external auditory canal, foreign bodies in the external auditory canal, various otitis media, otosclerosis, Meniere's disease, sudden deafness, noise deafness, presbycusis, acoustic neuroma, etc., as well as systemic factors can also be caused, such as cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, hypertension, arteriosclerosis, mental stress, depression, thyroid dysfunction, diabetes, cervical spondylosis, temporomandibular joint disorders, etc.

People with tinnitus hear a variety of sounds, such as cicadas chirping, buzzing. Tinnitus can be continuous or intermittent.

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.

The precautions for tinnitus patients are as follows: 1. Don't pay too much attention to tinnitus, try not to listen to tinnitus, especially in the dead of night, learn to adjust your attention, because pay attention to it, the louder it will be, and it will bring you more emotional interference at the same time. 2. Patients should keep themselves in a sound environment, that is, there should be sounds from the outside world, which can cover the tinnitus, so that the central auditory nucleus can play a relaxing role.

3. Patients with tinnitus should pay attention to adjusting the appropriate mentality, view tinnitus correctly, and do not be too frightened by tinnitus.

The symptom of tinnitus is that we can hear the sound in our ears on our own, and this sound has different frequencies. If it's low-frequency, it's generally a humming sound. High-frequency, generally sizzling sounds.

Some tinnitus is sudden and sporadic and passes once, and then stops immediately on its own, which is called intermittent tinnitus. There is also a type of tinnitus that is persistent tinnitus, which is the sound of tinnitus that persists and is uninterrupted. If it is occasional tinnitus, we can not go to the hospital for examination.

If it is persistent tinnitus, it is recommended to go to the hospital as soon as possible for a check-up and**. If sudden tinnitus is said to buy time as soon as possible**, more than 80% of them can be fully recovered.

1. I always hear abnormal sounds in my ears.

For example, the sound of water flowing, ticking, birdsong, etc., belongs to neurological tinnitus. Neurogenic tinnitus is a sound that the patient hears from the periphery or in the ear that has no source or does not appear at all, but the person can hear it. Tinnitus is a subjective symptom that does not belong to a real disease, just like a headache and dizziness, it is a feeling of its own.

2. The most obvious symptom of tinnitus is ear ringing.

The severity of the patient determines the type of sound and how long it sounds. Generally, neurological tinnitus is louder and lasts longer. Conductive tinnitus is quieter and similar to the rhythm of breathing.

The frequency of pulsatile tinnitus is similar to that of vascular pulsation. Different types of tinnitus, the method is also different. Be symptomatic**.

3. Vascular pulsatile tinnitus.

If the patient always hears the sound of blood vessels pulsating in his or her ears, it is called vascular pulsatile tinnitus. These patients always feel like pulsating sounds in their ears, rhythmic. However, it does not affect hearing.

Vascular pulsatile tinnitus is mainly caused by carotid body aneurysms or venous globulomas. It can be accompanied by serious complications. For example:

Headaches, stuffiness, etc. Moreover, such tinnitus can be aggravated by poor sleep quality and staying up late.

In summary, the specific symptoms of tinnitus vary from person to person, and patients who hear different sounds and still hear sounds similar to pulsations belong to tinnitus. As long as the patient has abnormal hearing or often hears abnormal sounds, he should go to the hospital for examination in time, the sooner **, the better the effect.

Ringing in the ears will have the sound of cars ringing in the ears.