Monday, November 30, 2009

Pulsatile Tinnitus And Its Top Six Causes

By Carter Singleton

Many folks are surprised to learn that there are two types of tinnitus. The commonest type is known as non-pulsatile tinnitus, with the least common and less familiar type being pulsatile tinnitus. You can usually tell one from another by the sort of sounds you can hear.

As the name implies, pulsatile tinnitus tends to sound like your own heart beat, whereas non-pulsatile tinnitus may seem like a range of familiar noises like ringing, chirping, whirring or clicking. It is unusual but feasible to have these 2 sorts of tinnitus together, and people who have both of conditions generally say the pulsatile element is the more bothersome. The focus of this article is to gain a better experience of pulsatile tinnitus, its causes and how it's possible for you to take step 1 to assuaging its symptoms.

Pulsatile tinnitus is an uncommon sort of tinnitus, with only about 3 p.c. of patients reported to have it. It is commonly referred to as vascular tinnitus and is usually related to disturbances in the blood flow. The turbulence is then amplified and can be heard in the ears as a whooshing, beating or other rhythmic sound.

The Top Six reasons behind Pulsatile Tinnitus :

1. A Benign Tumor : Tumors of this nature are usually found in or close to the ear. Usually with a cancer, hearing impairment is also a typical symptom.

2. Brain Wounds : One type of laceration is an aneurism, and another type is an aberrant connection between an artery and a vein. In either case the blood flow is putting too much force on the veins and must be treated .

3. Veinous Hum : Patients who are anemic, pregnant, or have thyroid Problems, may develop increased blood flow through the jugular vein, which amplifies the sound of blood flow in the ear.

4. Narrowing Of The Arteries ( Atherosclerosis ) : Atherosclerosis is the narrowing of the artery due to cholesterol increase on the artery wall. This condition reduces the opening of the arteries. This usually happens in older patients with a history of hypertension, elevated cholesterol, diabetes, angina and smoking.

5. Benign Intracranial Hypertension ( BIH ) : In this condition there is increased pressure around the fluid that bathes the spine and / or the brain. Often this conditioned is caused by overweight.

6. Hypertension ( High Blood Pressure ) : Some patients who take medication for their high blood pressure report symptoms of pulsatile tinnitus just after they began taking it. Still others report elevated blood pressure and tinnitus at the same time, and when they take the blood pressure medication the symptoms go away. - 14130

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