subject: Can Tinnitus Be Prevented? [print this page] Tinnitus is a symptom in which the patient suffers from continuous ringing in his ear or ears. Many people in the world are affected by it. When a person is affected by the symptoms, the discomfort and problems is of a very grave nature and leads the person to suffer a lot and hence it becomes all the more important for everybody to prevent himself from being affected by them. If you want to prevent yourself from tinnitus, it is very important to be aware of the factors that cause tinnitus because only then it is possible to take the right precautions. Once you are aware of the causes of tinnitus, you should be careful about them and avoid them in order to make sure that you are not affected by them.
Tinnitus can be effectively prevented by protecting one's ears from any kind of damage both at home and at work place. There are many factors at home and work that can damage one's ears. Putting cotton swabs or similar pointed items in the ear should be avoided since they are known to cause extreme danger to the ear-drums. These items may be put for the purpose of cleaning wax but they may affect adversely. These items are harmful to the ear since they cause grave impaction to the ear-drum and may further lead to tinnitus or also other complications. It is usually seen that old people take medicines for blood pressure and diabetes as prescribed by their doctor, this needs to be taken carefully on time and in appropriate quantities otherwise there is danger of Tinnitus occurring to them. In places such as a factory, the workers encounter tremendous noise and din because of the noise of the machines and this exposes them to the strong possibilities of getting Tinnitus.
The people working at such places are under serious danger of getting tinnitus as also harming their ears permanently. They may have lifelong hearing loss and other similar complications. The continuous loud noise that they are put to bear has a very adverse effect on their ear-drums. In order to prevent this situation, it is recommended that these people should adapt techniques such as using ear plugs or ear-muffs so as to protect the ear-drums from getting damaged. If a person is prone to tinnitus because of extreme exposure to loud noise in the work place, then it is better to avoid such jobs. If not then the hearing cells will be permanently damaged leading to extreme consequences. In addition to all these measures, an extra precaution should be taken in the form of forming an association that can take care of all the health related problems of the employees and protect their health in an effective way. For example, associations such as Occupational safety and health administration (OSHA) should come into effect.
With these measures it is also recommended that an individual should take care on the personal level by using ear plugs or ear muffs when he is amidst loud noise. Such precautions need to be taken when in a situation like music concerts, sporting events. In an ideal situation, the level of the sound should be reduced to a level which does not damage the ears but if that is not possible then, the people present there should take precautions for prevention of damage to their ears.
One may think that only outside their houses they are under the danger of getting affected from loud noise, but it is not true since while using a blow dryer or lawnmower also, the sound can affect one's ears. Therefore again, the role of earmuffs and plugs become important since they should be worn in order to avert hazards. Patients of tinnitus should be aware of the fact that consuming things like chocolates, soda, coffee and alcohol can trigger tinnitus and make the conditions worse for them. The reason behind this is that these food items are responsible for affecting the flow of blood in the veins and this in turn affects the normal hearing. So one should be careful of avoiding these items so that further complications do not creep in.
