Dizziness and tinnitus should be alert to 5 types of diseases “lurking”

Dizziness and tinnitus are minor problems in our daily lives, and because of this, they are often easily ignore. Although dizziness and tinnitus are common minor illnesses, they may be cause by ear diseases, neurological and mental diseases, drug effects, high or low blood pressure, noise, neck diseases, etc. Therefore, we must pay more attention to dizziness and tinnitus, and detect and treat them early.

What diseases does dizziness and tinnitus indicate?

1. Ear diseases:

Some tinnitus may be cause by foreign objects entering the ear, or inflammation and swelling. Symptoms such as congestion, perforation, and middle ear infection caused by ear canal inflammation may cause varying degrees of buzzing in the ear.

2. Neurological and mental diseases:

lesions of the central nervous system in the human brain, such as tumors and cerebrovascular lesions, will not only cause brain problems, but will also further cause lesions and infections in the auditory cortex , which will eventually cause tinnitus. At the same time, mental factors can also cause tinnitus. When people are in a strong negative state such as anxiety, hesitation, etc. for a long time, especially patients with neurasthenia, they usually experience tinnitus. Tinnitus will further cause headaches, dizziness, insomnia and dreaminess, which will further cause negative emotions to interfere with the patient’s spirit, forming a vicious circle.

3. Drug poisoning or high or low blood pressure: 

Drug poisoning tinnitus is usually cause by the chemical components of certain drugs that poison the auditory nerve and vestibular nerve of the human body, which not only causes tinnitus, but also further causes symptoms of hearing loss. For example, gentamicin, streptomycin, kanamycin , etc. have certain damage to the auditory nerve. In addition, high or low blood pressure will affect the brain and cause dizziness and tinnitus.

4. Noise damage:

Being in a noisy environment for a long time or being suddenly expose to short-term extremely strong noise will cause a buzzing sound in the ear cavity, accompanied by dizziness. This kind of situation is a “sword” that damages hearing, affects the auditory nerves, and in severe cases can cause auditory hallucinations and neurasthenia.

5. Neck diseases:

Neck diseases can easily compress the carotid arteries . The compressed side is likely to experience tinnitus and dizziness, and the symptoms will last for a long time. As the disease progresses, the symptoms of tinnitus will also worsen.

Will tinnitus turn into deafness if it is not treat?

As the saying goes, “Long-term tinnitus will lead to deafness.” Surveys show that 55% of tinnitus patients are worry about becoming deaf! Traditional Chinese medicine believes that “deafness is the gradual onset of tinnitus, and tinnitus is the beginning of deafness,” and clearly points out that tinnitus leads to hearing loss and even deafness! Modern medical research has confirmed that more than 80% of tinnitus patients have hearing loss.

Although a few patients said that there was no hearing loss, high-frequency audiometry still found varying degrees of hearing loss, which means that once tinnitus occurs, it means that hearing will decrease! Further research has confirmed that long-term tinnitus keeps the auditory system in a high-intensity working state for a long time. Over time, hearing fatigue and degenerative damage will occur, leading to hearing loss! Therefore, it is necessary to cure tinnitus as soon as possible to prevent hearing loss and even deafness!