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Ringing in ears causes?
I have really bad ringing in my ears. I also have hashimotos thyroid but the endocronologist thinks I need to see a neurologist. I had a cat scan done last week for aneurysm and was cleared of that. If my ear is ringing from a neuroloigcal issue, what else could it be?
Hi...if u figure out how to get rid of it please let me know too : )
I also have a neuro issue and had surgery, and right after it seemed it was gone, but it came back... : (
"selma"
I also have a neuro issue and had surgery, and right after it seemed it was gone, but it came back... : (
"selma"
Update....
I was diagnosed with Hashimotos disease.... The ringing is from that. I wish I knew how to get rid of this...
bruce
I was diagnosed with Hashimotos disease.... The ringing is from that. I wish I knew how to get rid of this...
bruce
MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL
Thank you for your question. Although without being able to examine you I can not offer you the specific advice on diagnosis and treatment that you need, but I would try to provide you some relevant information about your health concern.
It is called” tinnitus” when you hear a ringing or buzzing sound that no one hears. It is mainly heard in ears but sometimes few persons feel that it is coming from head. Common reasons of tinnitus could be any inner ear disorder due to extreme noise or meniere’s disease, large ear wax, trauma, and due to some medications (if you are taking for your thyroid disorder). If you are hearing continuous ringing noise, please arrange an appointment with an ENT specialist right away who will evaluate the possibilities here and can provide you further treatment. Hope this information proves helpful to you. Take Care & Regards!!!
It is called” tinnitus” when you hear a ringing or buzzing sound that no one hears. It is mainly heard in ears but sometimes few persons feel that it is coming from head. Common reasons of tinnitus could be any inner ear disorder due to extreme noise or meniere’s disease, large ear wax, trauma, and due to some medications (if you are taking for your thyroid disorder). If you are hearing continuous ringing noise, please arrange an appointment with an ENT specialist right away who will evaluate the possibilities here and can provide you further treatment. Hope this information proves helpful to you. Take Care & Regards!!!
Good point on it being in both ears. If it was only in one ear how would i know. I had a catscan done of my head and it didnt show anything out of the ordinary but my internalist wants to do a full brain MRI. IF it was a tumour i guess it would be pituary. They think it may be my adrenals. Its AWEFUL!
Hi.
Lots of things cause tinnitus. It's very common, almost always nothing to worry about. What was the onset? If gradual, and ringing is mild, might be anything: getting older, exposure to heavy sound wave pressure (acutely or chronically) are most common causes. I have it from years of listening to music in headphones - it doesn't take as much sound as some think to damage the little hairs. Guns, firecrackers, playing orchestral instruments, etc.
If the onset was more abrupt, and not immediately after taking up tuba lessons, trauma has been known to cause it. Car crashes, fistfights. But a traumatic etiology is really rare, and would probably be obvious.
As mentioned above, lots of people get it from NSAIDs (aspirin, ibuprofen). When I was dumber, I would take 5-6 advils, and the ringing was quite loud for 10 hours or so.
If not the obvious causes, I'd go with what you know you have already: articles on PubMed say tinnitus could be part of Hashimoto's: "Atypical presentations [of hypothyroidism] such as weight loss, hearing impairment, tinnitus, and carpal tunnel syndrome may occur, especially in the elderly."
Maybe you're taking too much or too little of the Synthroid? Or maybe another medication is blocking the Synthroid, making your T4 go too low? The site Rxlist says lots of common medications can interact with the levothyroxine (antacids, antidepressants, corticosteroids): "Concurrent use may reduce the efficacy of levothyroxine by binding and delaying or preventing absorption, potentially resulting in hypothyroidism."
So even though an endocrinologist thinks you oughta see a neurologist, it doesn't necessarily mean your problem is neurological. (In my experience, if a dr. doesn't know the answer after thinking for 5 seconds, you're outta luck).
Of course, there are autoimmune diseases which can have neurological manifestations. Lupus, Sjogren's, Cogan's syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, *could*, theoretically target the cranial nerve that controls hearing, but IMO it's really unlikely. Some are rare, don't have strong correlations with Hashimoto's, and most importantly don't generally have tinnitus as the sole presenting symptom. (There'd be others probably). Maybe your endocrinologist has already done the ANA, Rh factor, ESR and CRP blood tests?
If you're like me, you were probably paranoid about a tumor. It's so unlikely. Out of 100,000 people who have ringing in their ears, maybe 1 case is caused by an acoustic neuroma or other tumor. Maybe less. Oh, just noticed your symptom is bilateral (both ears) so it's near impossible that it's a growth.
A neurologist will give you the contrast MRI, and rule everything scary out. I would then (1) consider the onset, and (2) consider the medications you might've started or changed around that time.
Good luck!
Lots of things cause tinnitus. It's very common, almost always nothing to worry about. What was the onset? If gradual, and ringing is mild, might be anything: getting older, exposure to heavy sound wave pressure (acutely or chronically) are most common causes. I have it from years of listening to music in headphones - it doesn't take as much sound as some think to damage the little hairs. Guns, firecrackers, playing orchestral instruments, etc.
If the onset was more abrupt, and not immediately after taking up tuba lessons, trauma has been known to cause it. Car crashes, fistfights. But a traumatic etiology is really rare, and would probably be obvious.
As mentioned above, lots of people get it from NSAIDs (aspirin, ibuprofen). When I was dumber, I would take 5-6 advils, and the ringing was quite loud for 10 hours or so.
If not the obvious causes, I'd go with what you know you have already: articles on PubMed say tinnitus could be part of Hashimoto's: "Atypical presentations [of hypothyroidism] such as weight loss, hearing impairment, tinnitus, and carpal tunnel syndrome may occur, especially in the elderly."
Maybe you're taking too much or too little of the Synthroid? Or maybe another medication is blocking the Synthroid, making your T4 go too low? The site Rxlist says lots of common medications can interact with the levothyroxine (antacids, antidepressants, corticosteroids): "Concurrent use may reduce the efficacy of levothyroxine by binding and delaying or preventing absorption, potentially resulting in hypothyroidism."
So even though an endocrinologist thinks you oughta see a neurologist, it doesn't necessarily mean your problem is neurological. (In my experience, if a dr. doesn't know the answer after thinking for 5 seconds, you're outta luck).
Of course, there are autoimmune diseases which can have neurological manifestations. Lupus, Sjogren's, Cogan's syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, *could*, theoretically target the cranial nerve that controls hearing, but IMO it's really unlikely. Some are rare, don't have strong correlations with Hashimoto's, and most importantly don't generally have tinnitus as the sole presenting symptom. (There'd be others probably). Maybe your endocrinologist has already done the ANA, Rh factor, ESR and CRP blood tests?
If you're like me, you were probably paranoid about a tumor. It's so unlikely. Out of 100,000 people who have ringing in their ears, maybe 1 case is caused by an acoustic neuroma or other tumor. Maybe less. Oh, just noticed your symptom is bilateral (both ears) so it's near impossible that it's a growth.
A neurologist will give you the contrast MRI, and rule everything scary out. I would then (1) consider the onset, and (2) consider the medications you might've started or changed around that time.
Good luck!
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