While trying to
determine the cause of tinnitus,
recall that most all
health problems have a
multifactoral causation.
It is important to
evaluate all cofactors,
direct and indirect,
since these various
causative agents and
life situations often
fit together like pieces
of a puzzle to explain
causation. Each
potential cause of
tinnitus - when
considered alone - might
not be sufficinet to
cause this problem by
itself.
Nevertheless, in
combination, a more
complex and
multi-layered cause of
tinnitus becomes
apparent.
Two or more causes can
interact and combine,
starting a complex and
unique chain of events
resulting in a health
problem, like tinnitus.
Alone, none of them
could start a problem
like tinnitus.
Common medical causes
of tinnitus
Typically, there are
just two basic medical
explanations to explain
the cause of tinnitus.
The first, is tinnitus
often occurs as the end
result of a health
problem like high blood
pressure or hearing
loss, and is seen as an
end result of a more
serious preexisting
health condition or
disease. Second,
tinnitus can often be a
primary symptom related
to almost any ear
disorder, such as: any
problem from an ear
infection, to Meniere's
disease, or a perforated
ear drum to a sinus
infection, or an ear
canal blocked by ear wax
to a tumor of the middle
ear, or cervical spine
osteoarthtitis to severe
weight loss due to
excessive dieting, or a
whiplash injury to rapid
change of barometric
pressure on an airplane,
or to overuse of aspirin
or alcohol.
Also, there are less
common causes of
tinnitus that can arise
as a result of other
disorders: a tumor of
the auditory nerve,
anemia, heart and blood
vessel disorders
(hypertension and
arteriosclerosis), or
low thyroid hormone
levels in the blood
stream (hypothyroidism).
In certain sensitive
individuals, the mercury
in common amalgam dental
fillings can be a cause
of tinnitus. Tinnitus
might also be an early
indicator the body is
being overtaxed with
work and stress.
Exercise, when taken to
excess, can be a cause
of tinnitus by creating
micro-injury to the
inner ear mechanism,
from increased pressures
or direct truama.
resulting in abnormal
auditory nerve function.
To back up this idea,
the prestigious New
England Journal of
Medicine, in its
February 1991 issue,
explained tinnitus can
arise from the on-going,
sudden and powerful
impact forces of
aggressive sports and
exercise.
The typical
deterioration of the
cochlear part of the
inner ear, and related
reduced hearing ability
that are a part of the
natural aging process (presbycusis)
are another common cause
of tinnitus. Lastly, for
reasons not entirely
clear to medical
researchers, general
daily stress from the
activities of daily
living can and does
worsen tinnitus.
The Tinnitus Treatment
Institute has long
recommended that anyone
suffering from tinnitus
should undergo active
Alternative Medicine
treatment following the
therapy guidelines
suggested throughout its
website. The results are
great and therapy will
probably improve other
aspects of your health
while you are at it, as
many peopole report.
The Tinnitus Treatment
Institute specializes in
using safe and effective
Alternative Medicine
therapies to assist
healing and repair
related to those who
suffer from constant ear
noises
