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strange crackling noise at the base of my skull when I'm hungry

Why do I hear a crackling noise in my head and neck when I'm hungry?  It happens whenever I'm really really hungry and the noise coincides with the growling of my stomach.  I've had this as long as I can remember.  It doesn't hurt but it kind of grosses me out to hear something in my own head.  The best way I've heard someone describe it is like the noise a rainstick makes, but I can also feel it cracking.  I've read all kinds of explanations like the electricity in your head, or spinal fluid being heard because of a thin ear bone, or a signal being sent from your stomach because of low blood sugar, even something about chiari malformation.  I really want to know, WHAT IS IT?
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I have something similar, when I get really hungry I hear this sound in the back of my head. But the way I describe the sound is the sound of a DVD disk spinning. I don't really hear a popping noise, but a spinning and fizzing noise. It's really weird lol and I have no idea what it is. I'm trying to look through some of these replies but since mine sounds differently IDK if it's the same thing, but I'm kind of thinking it is.
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Yes! I have had this for years and years, only in the mornings when I am lying in bed and my tummy rumbles. No one else I know has this. Its so weird!
You’ve described it almost exactly how I hear mine. It’s not a pop but I’ve always described it as the sound an old big back tv makes when you turn it on but like a dvd disk spinning is close . I have no answer as to why but I just recently correlated it to hunger. When I’m really hungry I hear it a lot.
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Guys, I think I have an idea…

I never had this until I started going to a Chiropractor who “popped” my neck and back. (Thus releasing some trapped air bubbles between the vertebrae.)

After that, as soon as I get a feeling of hunger, the short, crackling sound of tiny air bubbles would briefly bubble up the base of my skull.

Then years later, I had a stomach operation and the surgeon worked around my Vegus nerve. It’s the main nerve that sends hunger messages from your stomach to your brain. While my Vegus nerve was swollen from the op, as soon as I was hungry, I would feel the a little cramp on the front of my neck at the exact same time as the “crackling” bubbles sound. That’s how I noticed they’re connected in some way.

This made me look into it more. The Vegas nerve travels through your stomach, up your torso, past your throat and around to the back of the skull.

This means, that when a message of hunger is sent (possibly by contracting the nerve) it possibly also pushes tiny amounts of trapped air along with it and this is what we’re hearing in the back of our head.

I don’t know more but I’m convinced that’s it.

Ps. My Vegus healed about 1 month after the op the small cramp in the front of my neck disappeared. The crackling sound in the back still happens occasionally, but much less since I haven’t been to a chiropractor in a long time.
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Omg, finally someone has confirmed my suspicion!!! I have been experiencing this “sizzling” noise ever sense my dr. Did an adjustment as well!! I was thinking it was somehow related too!
I thought I was having a brain aneurysm, I have this feeling in back of my head Every morning right when I get up. I had a CT Scan, it showed some bad spots on my brain. So I had an MRI done an I have to go see a neurologist. The pain on my skull I was feeling was not a headache I do not think. It felt a little pin stabbing the top of my head.
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so. I may not say it completely right BUT I believe it’s your brain releasing hormones indicating your hunger. it’s in its own way communicating to your belly?
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I hear the same thing its so weird i try to eat right away im 18 but it did it my whole life
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That creeped me out... I get the exact same thing. I get the crackling noise just as the stomach growles come ... is this something to be worried about??!
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Hi there. Did anyone manage to find out the cause of this fissing sound. I am getting this symptom everyday and can't seem to find out what is causing it. Thanks so much for your time.  Regards Candice
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Ive had the crackling for many years and was stunned that you mentioned chiari malformation as a cause. I do have chiari malformation but don't know if its linked. I asked a neurologist once and he had no clue what i was talking about. Did you ever find the cause?
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I show gastroenterology for that he said I don't know
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Same thing here -- rushing sound continual and then a weird sound like a bird chirp sporatically.  Full ears, light hearing impairment. My neck also makes a cracking sound when I turn my head but I think it will go away with a chiropractic adjustment. Has started out slowly this time but increased daily over the past few days. Is now a roar.   Have had it before prior to a lengthy hospital stay due to bowel surgery but not during time in hospital or afterward until now.  Have doc appt this week -- have asked before but gotten no response.  wonder if is meds related?
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Hi there. I have the exact same symptoms as you. Did you manage to find out what the issue was? Kind regards Candice
As the muscles of your digestive system push food through the digestion process, the food gets broken down to be used by your body. In addition to the food and liquids that move through your digestive system, gas and air bubbles also get into the mixture.It is these pockets of gas and air that make the sounds you know as stomach growling. They’re not as loud when you have food in your stomach, because the food absorbs some of the sound.When your stomach is empty, though, these sounds are much more noticeable. That’s probably why we associate stomach growling with being hungry. A couple hours after you eat, your stomach sends signals to your brain to get your digestive system muscles working again.
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This happens to me too. I can only hear it at night like its inside my head when I feel really hungry. I've been wondering what this is or if its anything to worry about.
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