Tinnitus



Posted: Tuesday, February 24, 2009

by
AnnaGold

Do you have tinnitus, the constant ringing of the ears even without external stimuli? Well if you do, you're in good company. Famous personalities with tinnitus are purported to include the likes of Ludwig van Beethoven, Eric Clapton, Barbra Streisand, and Neil Young among many others.

Tinnitus sufferes should always see to it that they are relaxed and well equipped to his or her surroundings. Why? It is because the more people are exposed to stress or daily problems, the more the tinnitus will increase in its intensity and in its volume, meaning, the patient will hear a lot more ringing in the ears.

In some clinical observations, an actual sound can be recognized from the patient's ear, and this is known as "objective tinnitus". Objective tinnitus is caused by muscle spasms that produce clicking or cracking sounds in the middle ear. It was also observed that some patients experience "pulsatile tinnitus". It is the sound that beats in time with the patient's pulse. Pulsatile tinnitus results from altered blood flow or increased blood turbulence near the ear. It can also result from enlarged awareness of blood flow in the ear. In very rare cases, pulsatile tinnitus may be a symptom of different dreadful conditions such as the carotid artery aneuryson.

An important cause of ringing of the ears is aging. As people grow old, many of their body functions diminish. Hearing is one of the body functions that weaken as we grow old. A weakened hearing means that you can no longer hear external noise clearly, and thus internal noises, the tinnitus, could be heard more clearly.

Tinnitus is a condition that many suffer from, but most of the population is not aware of. The mental state and the physical state for most tinnitus sufferes is horrible. But, there is hope, there are ways to decrease it symptoms,. and even to cure tinnitus. I hope that this article gave you some more information to deal with tinnitus.

Anna Gold works with Naren wiggin on distributing the knowledge about Tinnitus. This illness is unknown to many, but those who suffer from it, like me and many others know it too well. You are welcomed to read Naren's story at the cure tinnitus site, or leave your tinnitus experience in the tinnitus blog.
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