Six Tips to Prevent Pulsatile Tinnitus… Pulsatile Tinnitus is a condition marked with a consistent ringing or whooshing sound heard from within the head. It is an internally created condition brought about by a number of different causes. Some of these causes are pregnancy induced, caused by hearing damage by loud noises or trauma, and [...]
Pulsatile Tinnitus – You may not like your Doctor’s solution to Pulsatile Tinnitus…
Pam Sullivan
Having Pulsatile Tinnitus may not be considered directly life threatening, but it does pose a possible threat to your health with a variety of underlying concerns. In any case, the hearing is outright affected, as people get to hear a pulse like ringing or thumping similar to the heartbeat.
“This is what drove me nuts for years…”
Treating and handling Pulsatile Tinnitus involves one or more of the following: medication, surgery, alternative medicine (our first choice…see below), and lifestyle modification. Here is the run-down of the different methods in helping patients deal and cope with this situation.
- One of the first things a doctor would do after determining that the problem is indeed Pulsatile Tinnitus is to address the anxiety of the patient and perform primary measures which could lower the noise being heard. Lorazepam and other similar drugs which lower the mood anxiety are basically prescribed for monitoring. Other drugs such as Meclizine may be prescribed if you start having Vertigo from the Tinnitus (be prepared to be dog tired it taking this drug as the side effects include severe drowsiness). “Given the fact there’s no creditable evidence that prescription drugs “curing” the Tinnitus it only makes sense to take the holistic approach to finding relief”
- Another method which is generally addressed by physicians is to counter balance the incessant sound with “white noise”. This continuous sound is helpful in toning down the beat-like sound. Even if it is still noise in the most basic sense, this is more manageable as told by patients. White noise may be delivered via electronic devices either inserted into the ear canal, or by machines which produce continuous rhythmic sounds. Pillow cases with embedded speakers playing soft rain or ocean waves offer good white noise therapy during the night.
- Lifestyle and home remedies are included in the overall treatment regimen, especially for those cases where Pulsatile Tinnitus is already a permanent condition. These lifestyle adjustments help people afflicted with this condition cope better and with less distractions and anxiety. As a general rule, one of the basic rules to practice is to stay away from loud noises, banging and thumping sounds, and similar types which could aggravate the already existing pulse like pattern heard from within. Thomas Coleman, a Tinnitus expert covers many different natural remedies that can be applied from home and often times provide much more success that the pharmaceutical drugs that often make matters worse due to the nasty side effects.
- For diet, lowering of high cholesterol intake and alcohol helps a lot in a way that blood pressure is kept at an optimal level. Since many cases of Pulsatile Tinnitus are caused by blood vessel complications, keeping it in a normal state lessens the sound heard. Coleman dedicates a good portion of his book Tinnitus Miracle identifying what’s considered “Good foods” & “Bad foods” and in may cases, individuals begin to see positive changes with simple changes in their diet.
Treating Pulsatile Tinnitus is a continuous and step by step method of testing and checking possible reasons why it is happening so it sometimes becomes a process of elimination in terms of lifestyle changes…but don’t lose hope because thousands of folks have made huge strides in managing it to a point where it doesn’t rule your live.
“My biggest challenge was finding what I thought was “creditable” information and applying it. In addition to dealing with Pulsatile Tinnitus, I suffer from “information overload syndrome”…if there’s such a thing! I was trying parts of several different programs I purchased and nothing was working. I decided to focus on just one…Tinnitus Miracle and that’s when I began to see positive results. I should note that I wasn’t overly impressed with their sales page but the testimonials gave me the confidence to buy it and it was a great move…”
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Hopefully this confirms that prescription drugs are not always the answer in dealing with Pulsatile Tinnitus and taking the holistic approach does have some merit.
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Perhaps many of you women readers have heard or even have experienced a persistent ringing in the ears just before, during, or right after pregnancy. This sound is not the same as that heard from an external source. This somewhat annoyingly persistent ruckus heard is coming from within. This is what is referred to as pulsatile tinnitus.
While normal types of tinnitus are not of a pulsar type, a few pregnant women have developed this rarer form. Not only does the consistently spaced interval of perceived sounds seem like ringing, pulsatile tinnitus may also be observed to be a sound like a buzz, hiss, pop, or click. When faced with this affliction, it is important to know why this phenomenon occurs as well as what steps to do to address it without panicking.
Pulsatile tinnitus is a common occurrence to those who have been exposed to a prolonged loud noise and may have damaged the inner portion and lining of the ear. As for pregnant women who many may think have not been equally exposed to such loud noises, how is it possible for them to acquire it quite numerously?
In one of the studies conducted by the Royal National Institute of Deaf People (RNID) in the UK, it has been revealed that out of the total pregnant respondents, as much as 66% of them experienced this affliction during the pregnancy stage. Furthermore, it has been established in the publication of 2005 that those who experienced it reported of having the sensation increased during child bearing stages.
Many scientists and researchers believe that the presence of pulsatile tinnitus or any other similar tinnitus type is affected by the compounded aggravated factors instead of a stand alone occurrence. Therefore, this states that normal pregnancy conditions such as fatigue, hormonal imbalances, lack of adequate sleep, and others contribute to the increased awareness and sensitivity to tinnitus.
Another related factor for pulsatile tinnitus in women involves increased risk of child bearing because of a high chance of contracting otosclerosis, which is fairly common with pregnant women. The presence of such condition has been highly associated with pulsatile tinnitus.
Some theories suggest that the increased presence of pulsatile tinnitus among pregnant women is due to the increase of blood flow throughout the body during pregnancy. This sounds logical given that one of the main causes of any type of tinnitus even among other people is brought about by the increased systemic blood pressure, especially near the neck area. Pregnancy induced hypertension or PIH is a similar condition which highly describes such increase of blood pressure within the body.
While it may indicate an underlying condition, pulsatile tinnitus does not really offer an immediate health concern. A quick checkup with the physician is recommended though for a thorough understanding so as to address it right away and save you the discomfort of enduring that incessant ringing.
For mild cases of pulsatile tinnitus, it should lessen significantly or totally disappear after a few days to a couple of weeks after delivering the baby.
