There are four categories of causes:
3.Benign or Malignant Tumors
4.Spasm of Middle Ear Muscles
Typically, diagnosis of the cause of Pulsatile Tinnitus includes imaging of the head area to help determine the source.Treating the underlying source of the problem along with nutritional health practices directed toward the support of your hearing and immune systems is the path to effective treatment.
Venous Hum can be heard by Tinnitus sufferers with increased blood flow.This noisy flow is through the jugular vein which traverses the midle ear. It is the large vein delivering blood from the brain to the heart.This hum may or may not pulse with your heart.Pregnancy, anemia or thyroid problems may be the underlying cause in this case.
Hypertension can be one cause for such a head sound condition.Many patients have reported a reduction in Tinnitus symptoms as they got their hypertension until control through healthy weight loss or the use of blood presure medications.
BIH or Benign Intracranial Hypertension is another hypertension source and is defined by increased pressure of the fluid that bathes the brain.Symptoms can include dizziness, ear fullness and headaches. These patients are most often young and overweight and female.Most of these patients have the ear throbbing of their pulsative tinnitus dramatically improve with weight loss alone.
Atherosclerotic Carotid Artery Disease is the narrowing of the artery as a result of cholesterol building up on the artery wall.This reduces the diameter of the arterial vessel,resulting in a turbulent blood flow which produces the Pulsatile Tinnitus symptoms of ear throbbing.This condition usually occurs in older patients having a history of high cholesterol and hypertension.This combination often requires medication as well as good health practices to gain control.
Middle Ear Effusion is a condition where the middle ear, which is normally air filled, fills with fluid due to infection.Inflammation and Pulsatile Tinnitus can result.The patient also may notice a feeling of fullness in the ear area.with decreased hearing.Antibiotics and decongestants help your immune system overcome these symptoms.
Glomus Tumors are a benign vascular tumor usually located in the ear or just below the ear at the skull base. Glomus tumors consist of a mass of intertwined blood vessels.Hearing loss is also a common symptom. This is an underlying condition which could possibly require surgery to correct. Surgery should be considered only when there is a clear structural reason for tinnitus that can be improved with surgery.
Because Tinnitus symptoms can arise from a number of factors, a comprehensive and holistic treatment plan for hearing health is the best broad based approach. It’s a fact that curing Tinnitus can never be achieved by tackling one of the many factors responsible for the Tinnitus.If you’ve ever tried to cure your Tinnitus using a one-dimensional treatment like drugs, herbal supplements or even detox diets and failed it’s probably because you have tackled only one aspect of the disease. The components of the inner ear are delicate. The Tinnitus treatment plan should take into consideration which nutrients are necessary to support the structures of the inner ear.Adjustments to diet, the inclusion of supplements and the benefits of detoxification and strengthening the immune system to protect our hearing from inflammation should be integral as well.