Friday, January 29, 2010

Pulsating Tinnitus - What Exactly Causes Pulsatile Tinnitus

By Stewart Christian

Pulsating tinnitus is a ringing sound that you alone seem to hear in the absence of any real noise around. In simple, it the sounds of your own heart beat, heart beat or even your blood flow which causes the ringing sound in your ears.

Tinnitus may be objective tinnitus or subjective tinnitus. Objective tinnitus is the one which can be heard by people. Its not common but its simple to treat. Subjective tinnitus is the commonest around and it will not be straightforward to treat unless we work out the actual root of the tinnitus. Now we can go in detail about the causes of tinnitus.

The majority of tinnitus sufferers have somehow damaged the delicate structures of the inner ear. It's called chronic redness. This inflammation causes increased blood flow to the damaged tissue, which is present in the ear. This blood flow causes the ringing sound or tinnitus. Then a patulous Eustachian tube, in which the Eustachian tube remains patchily open, causing an echoing sound of the person's own heart beat, breathing, and speech. The Eustachian tube is present behind the middle ear is the major reason for tinnitus, when it is damaged or infected. When this tube is infected or damaged, a fluid is accumulated in the air filled space in middle ear. This is the cause of pulsating tinnitus.

Sinus Problems also lead to pulsating tinnitus. When someone takes in excess of antibiotics it causes thickening of the mucous in the inner ear. This mucous has to empty out through the Eustachian tubes. But the mucous has become too thick to drain out thru the narrow tubes. Thyroid Dysfunction also causes pulsatile tinnitus. In a specific dysfunction Hyperthyroidism, causes increased faster heart beats. This in turn causes pulsating noise. Some other factors behind tinnitus may be because of stress, complications caused by prescribed drugs, tumors in the middle ear etc . These are just some of the common causes of pulsating tinnitus. There are more reasons behind tinnitus but its occurrence is very less.

So now you would have got some idea about the causes of tinnitus. Pulsating tinnitus isn't a disease on it's own. It's the side effect or the after effect of the other goes wrong in our body. Finding the main cause of pulsating tinnitus is the complicated part. If its done the cure will be straightforward.

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