Dec
22

If you’ve ever had tinnitus, then you know just how difficult life can be.  Constant merciless ringing in the ears that lasts for days, months or years is enough to drive anybody insane. To treat tinnitus, first you have to know how you got it in the first place.  Symptom Checker from Health Line has put together a resource of 15 possible causes of chronic tinnitus, including head trauma, ear infections, and nerve damage.

Tinnitus is usually neurological- it happens from nerve damage to the cells of the inner ears (cochlea.) But like other ailments, there are several possible explanations for tinnitus.

What are the symptoms of tinnitus?

Basically, tinnitus is a constant noise that you hear in your head- nobody else can hear it. Tinnitus sounds differ for each individual. Variances include volume, pitch, severity, and location.

Tinnitus can occur in one ear constantly, or it can switch from one ear to the next. Many hear ringing or whistling sounds in both ears at the same time.

People often describe their tinnitus using the following adjectives:

• Ringing
• Whistling
• Buzzing
• Whooshing
• Buzzing
• Chirping
• Static
• Hissing

Causes of tinnitus

Vestibular disorders are some of the most common causes of tinnitus. Some other reasons for tinnitus may require immediate emergency care, so please visit a doctor if tinnitus becomes a constant problem.

Sometimes, tinnitus can be helped easily by addressing physical or psychological conditions that trigger tinnitus, such as high blood pressure, anxiety, or insomnia.

1. Meniere’s Disease (Disorder)
2. Hypertension
3. Excess earwax
4. Concussion
5. Head injury
6. Temporomandibular joint (TMJ) disorders
7. Noise-induced hearing loss
8. Labyrinthitis
9. Bell’s palsy
10. Burst eardrum
11. Insertion of foreign object
12. Preeclampsia
13. Neurofibromatosis (NF)
14. Acoustic neuromas (benign tumor)
15. Traumatic brain injury (TBI)

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