What is Pulsating Tinnitus and What Causes It

Friday, February 15, 2008 8:19
Posted in category Tinnitus

What exactly is pulsatile tinnitus or pulsating tinnitus? Most people only know the symptoms and not the causes. Many people even believe there is no cure for this tinnitus. Below, I will list the causes of Pulsatile tinnitus. Knowing the causes can help you find the cure for your tinnitus, once you identify and treat the root cause.

Pulsatile tinnitus is the sound of your pulse in your ears, when there is no actual noise around. It can be subjective or objective. Subjective is the most common type, and it is sounds that only you can hear. Objective is less common and is sounds that can be heard by other people. Subjective cannot be treated until the underlying cause is treated.

When the delicate structures of the inner ear are damaged, are the most common causes of tinnitus. This is chronic inflammation and it increases the blood flow to the damaged tissue and causes the tinnitus noises. A patulous Eustachian tube stays open and causes the echoing noises. The Eustachian tube is right behind the middle ear, which is why it is the main cause of tinnitus.

Excess fluid accumulates in the middle ear when it is damaged or infected. Hence the pulsating tinnitus. Sinus trouble causes pulsating tinnitus too. Thickening of the mucous in the inner ear from taking antibiotics must drain through the Eustachian tubes. This mucous is too thick to drain through the narrow Eustachian tubes.

Thyroid Dysfunction can cause pulsatile tinnitus especially dysfunction Hyperthyroidism, which increases heart beats. This will cause the annoying pulsating noise. Stress, prescription drugs, and middle ear tumors are other causes of pulsating tinnitus.

There are many other causes, but they are less occurring. Now you know the common tinnitus causes, and that it is not an actual disease itself. It is caused by other conditions, or as a side effect. Identifying and treating the root cause will make the cure easier to find.

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