subject: Tinnitus Message Board - Ringing in the Ears [print this page] Author: Tinnitus Advisor Author: Tinnitus Advisor
Tinnitus Message Board Many people suddenly augment ringing in such a ears. Their doctors shape most tests, all of that are usually normal, and properties are told too they suffer tinnitus. Tinnitus means that you hear a sound that no one else hears. It can be a buzzing, roaring or ringing and it can even sound like a heart beat. Tinnitus Message Board If the sound is pulsatile like a beating heart, the doctor may look for obstructions or widening in the arteries in the brain such as those caused by arteriosclerotic plaques or a ballooning of an artery called an aneurysm. However, the ringing is almost always the result of damage to the nerve that carries hearing messages back to the brain, and that can be cause by a tumor or by diabetes, pernicious anemia or the herpes or chicken pox viruses, or any other factor that damages nerves. Tinnitus Message Board Almost always, the doctor will tell you that you have tinnitus, which means that he cannot find a cause for the nerve damage and there is no specific treatment. Drugs are ineffective. People with this condition often find it difficult to sleep at night because of the noise. Tinnitus Message Board Doctors prescribe a special hearing aid radio to be placed in the ear. It sends a signal that blocks the ringing in the ears. A simpler treatment is for them to turn an FM radio between stations and raise the volume. FM static can often block the ringing and allow the person to sleep at night. Suffering from Ringing Ears and Tinnitus? Get your life back forever by checking out Tinnitus Message Board now.About the Author:
