What's going on

summary

There are generally two types of sound in the ear. One is continuous, low-frequency sound, such as cicada chirping, air flute, hissing or buzzing. This is a typical tinnitus symptom. Then, what's the matter with sound in the ear.

What's going on

First: the vast majority of patients with ear sounds are tinnitus symptoms, tinnitus is the main cause of ear diseases, such as external auditory canal inflammation, cerumen embolism, external ear foreign bodies, acute and chronic middle ear inflammation, tympanic membrane perforation, otosclerosis and inner ear Meniere's syndrome, acoustic neuroma, can cause tinnitus.

Second, tinnitus can also occur in vascular diseases, such as glomus jugulare tumor, small vessel dilatation in ear, vascular malformation, hemangioma, etc. Other systemic diseases can also cause tinnitus, such as autonomic nerve disorder, cerebral blood supply deficiency, pre stroke, hypertension, hypotension, anemia, diabetes, malnutrition.

Third: excessive use of drugs with toxic effects on ears, such as gentamicin, streptomycin or kanamycin, can also cause tinnitus and hearing loss, and tinnitus occurs earlier than hearing loss.

matters needing attention

If the hearing loss is not obvious and the symptoms are relatively mild, they can be treated at home with the doctor's approval after being checked by the doctor; if the symptoms are significant, the deafness is serious and even accompanied by vertigo, they need to be hospitalized as soon as possible.