Pulse In Ear
Many people can hear their heartbeat, especially in a very silent room. This is known as pulsatile tinnitus and can often be caused as a result of chronic conditions such as high cholesterol levels. This can cause a build up of fatty tissues in the blood vessels.
When the person is over stressed or engaged in stressful activity, they may also hear a pulse in ear synchronized with their own heartbeat since our carotid arteries are close to the ears.
Atheroma
The sound of pulse to be heard in your ears is known as pulsating or vascular tinnitus. Generally, tinnitus is the ringing, hissing or roaring in the ears. It can also be heard as pulse or throbbing sound in the ear or head. The main possible causes of hearing pulsating tinnitus include:
- Atheroma – In pathology, an atheroma (plural: atheromata) is an accumulation and swelling (-oma) in artery walls that is made up of cells (mostly macrophage cells), or cell debris, that contain lipids (cholesterol and fatty acids), calcium and a variable amount of fibrous connective tissue. In the context of heart or artery matters, atheromata are commonly referred to as atheromatous plaques. It is an unhealthy condition, but is found in most humans.
- Chronic inflammation or infection of the middle ear. This is often accompanied by increased blood flow to the inflamed tissue. The sudden pressure or blood flow can sometimes be heard in the ear like pulse or multiple beats.
- Eustachian-tube dysfunction. The Eustachian tubes linked the middle ears to the upper throat. They work like an air valve to equalize the era pressure both in the inner and the outer ear. Failure of the Eustachian tubes to function well sometimes result in pulsating tinnitus.
- Middle-ear effusion (fluid). The middle ear is usually an air-filled space. If there is a presence of infection, inflammation or dysfunction in the Eustachian tubes, this may also result to pulsatile tinnitus. The symptoms commonly experienced from this cause are decreased hearing, a feeling of pressure in the ear sometimes go along with ear pain.
- Vascular tumors. These tumors in the middle are benign types commonly referred to as “glomus” tumors or “paragangliomas.”. Since they are located in near or inside the ear, the abnormal blood flow can also cause hearing of pulse in ears. Usually a patient will undergo surgical procedures solve the problem.
There are other causes of vascular tinnitus not mentioned in this article. It is therefore advised for the sufferer to see an ENT specialist for further evaluation of such to prevent tinnitus and other ear problems to get worse. The ruling out of the possible causes of the pulsation in the ears can help in finding an effective tinnitus remedy for the condition.
Source: Wikipedia
Ringing Ear
Having to experience a ringing ear or hearing many other phantom sounds that only you can hear is what is medically called as tinnitus. Different people hear different things such as ringing, buzzing, beating or some other more complex sounds.
Tinnitus is a hearing disorder that gives off a sensation that you are hearing a certain kind of sound even when there is no external sound happening. The intensity and its occurrence varies for some people. Most people complain of having to feel pain and discomfort together with the irritating sounds they hear. However, there are also some people who seem to have a higher tolerance to the tinnitus effects.
There are many causes and explanations as to why tinnitus happens to both young and old people. One of which is the occurrence of an infection in the inner ear. The infection can be brought about by many other several factors. Extreme exposure to high level noises can cause for the small tiny hairs in our ear canal to be damaged. Also, an obstruction in the ear canal due to the build up of ear wax can also be a cause of inflammation which leads to infection and further on to tinnitus.
It is important to bear in mind that tinnitus in itself is not a disease. It is a symptom of a disease or a medical condition. For example, Meniere’s disease is a condition wherein the sufferer experiences dizziness, vertigo, hearing loss and tinnitus. In this case, tinnitus is just one symptom that makes up the whole disease.
Another cause for tinnitus is the case of high blood pressure. When there is an increased flow of blood through our veins and arteries, the walls of certain veins near our auditory nerves expands. This leads to pulsatile tinnitus wherein we get to feel or hear our pulse or a beat in our ears.
There is no known cure for tinnitus yet. However, there are many therapies, remedies and tinnitus treatments that can help people cope up with its effects. Using hearing aids, tinnitus maskers and homeopathic tinnitus treatments can be of great help in making tinnitus patients relax, calm down and eventually ignore the tinnitus sounds.
