I've had ringing in my left ear for a while now and I've seen online tinnitus is a symptom of lyme disease, just wondering how common this is and if other people are experiencing it as well.
Thanks, Tom
Posted by jarjar (Member # 8847) on :
Yes very common and often a symptom of bartonella. You can do a search on the board and find lots of post about it.
Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :
- VERY common. There can be any number of reasons or causes. Noise damage is the number one thing people forget. And lyme, and other tick-borne infections can damage ears in many ways.
Ears MUST be protected when on antibiotics. Many drugs lower the decibel level at which sound can permanently damage ears.
First: ear plugs or decibel rated muffs even when around a hairdryer, blender, vacuum, lawn tools, etc. Avoid in-the-ear pods and be sure to keep volume low when around music, TV, concerts, in general.
Second: Liver support and attention to liver and kidney stress are also vital. The toxins from infections - and the stress of chemical treatment affect ears in various ways.
Even aspirin is toxic to the ears and a frequent cause of tinnitus but there are also many drugs (and some supplements) that are ototoxic.
All that is explained in the second link below. ------------
Ringing, hissing, roaring, pulsating sounds or sensations in the ears:
Topic: TINNITUS: Ringing Between The Ears; Vestibular, Balance, Hearing with compiled links - including HYPERACUSIS -
Posted by BackinStOlaf (Member # 23725) on :
Yes, I have tinnitus too at times
Posted by dogmom2 (Member # 23822) on :
I got mine on short course of antibiotics( short because I stopped them), and then more noises showed up after trying a computer based rife.
diana
Posted by lululymemom (Member # 26405) on :
I've had mine even before going on treatment.. both ears..
Posted by bcb1200 (Member # 25745) on :
I have it in both ears. Better now, but still there. At times one ear or the other will go quiet and ring loudly for a while.
Not sure if it is my Bart and / or Lyme.
Anyone have ear "fullness" too? I have that. constantly feels like I need to pop my ears.
Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :
- ear "fullness" is very common and usually from inflammation. The Tinnitus thread addresses that, too.
Never pop ears with any amount of force. A gentle yawn, good swallow, etc. is okay but never blow pressure through nose to pop ears. That just sends all sorts of mucous to places it should not go. More detail about over in that other thread, too. -
Posted by hadlyme (Member # 6364) on :
There is a NP that treats lyme in CA, she has a facebook acct and on there you can get into her lecture notes on Tinnitus. You can pm if you want to read what she says.
Posted by elizzza811 (Member # 24713) on :
Regular use of a mobile phone for more than four years almost doubles the chance of developing tinnitus - the debilitating condition that causes constant ringing or buzzing in the ears.
A study has found that people who used their mobile phone for an average of ten minutes a day were more than 70 per cent more likely to have tinnitus.
But those who used their phones on both ears, and those who had used a mobile for four years or more were twice as likely to have tinnitus.
The findings area published in the journal Occupational and Environmental Medicine and may help to explain why the number of people reporting tinnitus is increasing.
It is thought the microwave energy produced by the phones might be the cause of the problem.
Dr Hans-Peter Hutter, Institute of Environmental Health, at, University of Vienna, in Austria compared 100 people with tinnitus to 100 similar people without the condition.
He said that although they relied on people reporting their own mobile phone use and could not be sure if this was accurate, the results were 'unlikely to be spurious'.
Tinnitus affects around five million people in Britain and is considered a debilitating condition as sufferers may constantly hear a rushing, roaring or high pitched tone in one or both ears most of the time.
The most common cause is damage to the hearing through trauma or exposure to loud noise, however some mental or physical changes can trigger it such as depression, redundancy and illness.
Dr Hutter added: "Tinnitus strongly interferes with the daily lives of people. There are very few interventions available that effectively reduce tinnitus loudness and annoyance. Therefore, all measures should be taken to avoid any further increase in tinnitus prevalence.
"Our results indicate that high intensity and long duration of mobile phone use might be associated with tinnitus. This possibility should be explored further by assessing mobile phone usage history in studies of tinnitus aetiology (cause) in the future."
Posted by dtaild (Member # 27253) on :
With my tinnitus in regards to lyme disease, this was my very first symptom..I've always figured this was due to hearing loss, as I spent four years in the Marines and 3 in the Army and figured it was due to that..
Is it common for tinnitus to be a early symptom, or is that something that occurs later?
Posted by mbdq (Member # 26277) on :
I have tinnitus every morning and every night and sometimes throughout the day.
Once in a while I will suddenly lose hearing in one ear.
I did not know it was a bart symptom, and I have many other bart symptoms and I am currently treating with Rifampin.
Hopefully it will all work out. good luck
Posted by Keebler (Member # 12673) on :
- Never assume any hearing problem is just lyme or just the medicine. Please see a hearing specialist. Be sure to protect ears.
Even if hearing changes occur now, they could have been caused by damage in the past. But there are still things that can help. Many things. -
Posted by Robin123 (Member # 9197) on :
dtaild, it was an early symptom for me.
I did several sessions with a Magnapulse PEMF machine - stands for pulsed electromagnetic machine. It's a small box with a white coil that we hold as it clicks away.
I started with 20 seconds worth, and by the 10th session was up to an hour. After the longer sessions, I noticed that my tinnitus went away for 6 hours. The person with the machine left so I didn't get to do more. I asked an LLMD about it and he said it may have calmed the nerves to the ears.
We're electromagnetic creatures and the PEMF machine can reboost the electromagnetic charge of the nerves. They treat injured race horses with it to get them back on the racetrack more quickly.