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Pulsatile Tinnitus or Pulsating Tinnitus

remedy for tinnitus

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Pulsatile tinnitus, known as pulsating tinnitus, relates to your heartbeat. Relief for tinnitus is possible. You will read all about those topics on this web page.

Tinnitus

The word tinnitus derives from the Latin word "tinnire" that means to ring. It is a sound that only you can hear inside your ear. It is either a buzzing, or a ringing, or a hissing, or a clicking. It could be in one of your ears or both of your ears.

Sounds travel from your eardrum to the middle ear and then the inner ear. Your ear is a sensitive and delicate organ in your body. The inner ear contains delicate, tiny hairs (cilia) that vibrate according to the sound. When there is damage to these cilia, a hearing loss or tinnitus may occur.

Chemotherapy

As a cancer survivor, you probably went through some chemotherapy. One of the side effects of chemotherapy is tinnitus. 1 in every 5 patients will suffer from tinnitus. The chemotherapy drugs cisplatin and carboplatin are the biggest offenders. Platinum in their molecules damages the cilia.

Pulsating Tinnitus

Pulsatile tinnitus is a variation of tinnitus caused by the blood flow to your ear. The pulsing sound has the rhythm of your heartbeat. If there is chronic inflammation of the inner ear, there will be increased blood flow to the area. That is the cause of pulsating tinnitus.

Another culprit is the Eustachian tube that connects your middle ear to the back of your throat. If the Eustachian tube is inflamed or blocked, there will be increased blood flow and you will hear the pulsing of the blood flow to your middle ear.

Sinus problems can also lead to temporary pulsatile tinnitus. Antibiotics for a sinus infection can cause an excess of mucus in the ear. The mucus drains through the Eustachian tube. Once the infection is gone, the tinnitus should subside.

There is always the possibility of a tumor in the ear that causes pulsating tinnitus. That is very rare. An otolaryngologist is the doctor who can check out your ears for infections and tumors.

Relief for Tinnitus

There are some medications that prove to be useful in relieving the symptoms of tinnitus. Many patients suffer from depression. The antidepressant drugs amitriptyline or nortriptyline are said to relieve the noise. There are unpleasant side effects to these drugs, such as dry mouth and constipation. The FDA has not approved these drugs for tinnitus. They are off-label uses.

Paxil and Zoloft are two other antidepressants that seem to be helpful. They are a different class of drugs and do not have the same side effects. Some doctors prescribe anti-anxiety drugs known as benzodiazepines. They include valium and ativan. They are not FDA approved for use with tinnitus.

Another relief for tinnitus is acoustic therapy. Providing background sounds diminishes the noise of tinnitus. Sound generators can produce the sound of falling rain, or the ocean waves crashing on the beach, or birds chirping. They are very relaxing sounds.

Very soon you will be able to purchase on this web site a new, natural product for tinnitus. The eardrops contain seven active ingredients that help reduce the tinnitus. We offer a money back guarantee. There is nothing for you to lose in trying the product.

Conclusion

We started with pulsating tinnitus, known as pulsatile tinnitus. We progressed to remedies for tinnitus. Hopefully you learned something of value form this web page.

If you have any questions related to your colon cancer, or chemotherapy, or tinnitus, please send them our way. If any of the remedies help you, please let us know. We are always happy to hear from our readers.

Written by Margaret Stenerson - 10/01/2010

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