What Does Tinnitus After Cataract Surgery Indicate?

Posted on Tue, 10 Jan 2017

Question: Hi Dr.,

My mother left eye got operated (cataract) 2 years back and on that day on wards she was hearing some sound in the ear. Sometime she hears louder too.
Please suggest a medicine to her to get out of from this problem

Thanks,
XXXX

Answered by Dr. Deepashree (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
drug induced tinnitus

Detailed Answer:
Hi, thanks for your query. In my opinion, as per the history given, I feel ringing sound in the ear called tinnitus is because of the drugs used during or after the cataract surgery which are ototoxic. This can damage the hearing nerve or reduce the blood supply to the nerve and cause tinnitus.Preferably ototoxic drugs like gentamycin inj , other antibiotics might have caused this. If I were your treating doctor, I would have advised for tympanometry test to know the damage and would advice multivitamin supplement containing ginkobiloba extract tablet for 3 months. Hope my answers have helped you. Thank you.

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Follow up: Dr. Deepashree (33 minutes later)

Thank you very much doctor. If we use above mentioned medicine , will it solve the problem permanently ?

Any best results with ear drops?

Thanks,
XXXX

Answered by Dr. Deepashree (24 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
tympanometry and ginkobiloba extract tablet may be helpful

Detailed Answer:
Hi, thanks for your follow up query. Yes above mentioned tablet may be helpful. No ear drops will help. Thanks. hope my answers have helped you.

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Prasad