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What Is The Cause And Treatment For Tinnitus?
Question: Hi Doctor,
Its 17 days I have been suffering from sounds from right ear.
I have shown to 4 ents.....one told only to do ear drum retracting exercise at 1 hour interval daily.One treated with bzon diominic dc....one asked me to take tinnex medicine and bilovas. I also took tynnex injection 1 dose.
Except for last doctor he told to stop everything and take below medicine;
Stemetil 5 mg and vitamin b12 in morning
Vertin 16 mg and alprazolam in night
Its been2 days since the last doctor.the noise is reducing.but still persists. ..
Pls help and answer what time it will take to recover and whether direction of treatment is ok?
Note: in audiometry test outer and inner ear result is okay?
Regards,
XXXX
Its 17 days I have been suffering from sounds from right ear.
I have shown to 4 ents.....one told only to do ear drum retracting exercise at 1 hour interval daily.One treated with bzon diominic dc....one asked me to take tinnex medicine and bilovas. I also took tynnex injection 1 dose.
Except for last doctor he told to stop everything and take below medicine;
Stemetil 5 mg and vitamin b12 in morning
Vertin 16 mg and alprazolam in night
Its been2 days since the last doctor.the noise is reducing.but still persists. ..
Pls help and answer what time it will take to recover and whether direction of treatment is ok?
Note: in audiometry test outer and inner ear result is okay?
Regards,
XXXX
Brief Answer:
depends on cause for tinnitus
Detailed Answer:
Hello sir and thanks for using healthcare magic,
noise in the ear is called tinnitus.
Tinnitus can be caused by inner ear problems or problems of the eustachian tubes.
Tinnitus resulting from inner ear problems cannot be controlled easily.
The most common cause of tinnitus is eustachian tube dysfunction. The eustachain tubes connect the ear to the nose. Blockage of these tubes results in fall in the middle ear pressure resulting in tinnitus. Eustachian tubes get blocked due to allergy or infections.
Eustachian tube dysfuction usually gets corrected on its own in a few days. I would also start you on decongestant nose drops to open the tubes along with the aforementioned drugs. Instill 3 drops of otrivin in each nostril 3 times a day for 6 days and follow it up with steam. You can also do valsalva exercise daily to open the tubes, details of the exercise can be found on youtube. Drink lots of water and stay away from air conditioned rooms.
Stemetil and vertin are good drugs to treat tinnitus. Continue it. You can discuss about adding decongestants with your treating doctor. Start steam inhalation and other valsalva exercise for faster recovery. Chewing gum also helps to open the tubes.
Regards,
Dr Rajkishori Godhi
depends on cause for tinnitus
Detailed Answer:
Hello sir and thanks for using healthcare magic,
noise in the ear is called tinnitus.
Tinnitus can be caused by inner ear problems or problems of the eustachian tubes.
Tinnitus resulting from inner ear problems cannot be controlled easily.
The most common cause of tinnitus is eustachian tube dysfunction. The eustachain tubes connect the ear to the nose. Blockage of these tubes results in fall in the middle ear pressure resulting in tinnitus. Eustachian tubes get blocked due to allergy or infections.
Eustachian tube dysfuction usually gets corrected on its own in a few days. I would also start you on decongestant nose drops to open the tubes along with the aforementioned drugs. Instill 3 drops of otrivin in each nostril 3 times a day for 6 days and follow it up with steam. You can also do valsalva exercise daily to open the tubes, details of the exercise can be found on youtube. Drink lots of water and stay away from air conditioned rooms.
Stemetil and vertin are good drugs to treat tinnitus. Continue it. You can discuss about adding decongestants with your treating doctor. Start steam inhalation and other valsalva exercise for faster recovery. Chewing gum also helps to open the tubes.
Regards,
Dr Rajkishori Godhi
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