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.
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.
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?
I hear the same thing its so weird i try to eat right away im 18 but it did it my whole life
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??!
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
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?
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?
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.