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Treatment of tinnitus in the ears

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Last reviewed: 19.11.2021
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Some cases of ringing are not treatable. In this case, you can only slightly adjust the situation by selecting the means that reduce the manifestation of symptoms. For example, if there are age-related changes in the ear that cause vibrations in the perceiving cells, nothing can be done. Also, the pathology is not treated with irreversible degenerative processes in the ear, which have damaged its structure and return the ear to its original state is impossible. With some tumors, necrosis, it is impossible to restore the structure and function of the auditory analyzer, so the patient is recommended to get used to such a pathology and live with it for the rest of his life.

If an inflammatory-infectious process in the ear was detected, it is necessary to conduct its treatment. For this purpose, an antibiotic, anti-inflammatory agent is prescribed. After the underlying disease is healed, ringing in the ears will pass by itself, as a secondary effect. At sharp pains in ears the ear hurts, prescribe anaesthetising agents, ear drops.

If a tumor is diagnosed, surgery may be required. With inflammation or a tumor process in the area of the ear nerve, radiation therapy, chemotherapy is carried out. This makes it possible to reduce inflammation, eliminate pressure, restore hearing. Accordingly, the ringing in the ears will be eliminated.

If the cause of ringing in the ears is hypertensive disease, further treatment will be carried out by a neurologist. He appoints the necessary medical manipulations, prescribes medications. The main activities should be aimed at normalizing the pressure.

If Meniere's disease has been diagnosed, it is necessary to use a therapeutic diet. The patient should also take sedatives and antihistamines.

When osteochondrosis of the cervical spine, prescribe primarily physiotherapy methods, medicines, means of manual therapy.

Ringing in the ears can be a sign of impaired cerebral circulation, or squeezing of nerve endings and blood vessels. In this case, therapy includes anti-inflammatory drugs that normalize blood circulation, tone the vessels of the brain. With all the recommendations, the pathology usually passes quickly.

If the cause of ringing is an increased tone of the dorsal muscles, you need to take muscle relaxants. This will give an opportunity to relax the muscles, reduce the tone. When diseases of blood vessels, produce therapy aimed at eliminating this pathology.

What should I do if I ring in my ears?

You should immediately consult a doctor to find out the cause. Early diagnosis is the key to effective treatment. During the diagnosis, you can identify many diseases that a person did not even suspect.

Also, one must constantly adhere to proper nutrition, refuse to abuse alcohol, salt, coffee and strong tea. We must abandon the use of power engineers, quit smoking. It is important to do physical exercises, engage in respiratory and meditative practices. You can not overwork, observe the regime of the day and rest, sleep fully. You can not bring yourself to physical exhaustion, because it can lead to inflammation of the inner ear, as a result of which there is ringing in the ears. It is important to avoid stress, neuropsychic stress.

It should also be taken into account that ringing in the ears can be a reaction to aspirin, or acetylsalicylic acid. Appears when an overdose, or prolonged use of this drug. The appearance of ringing in the ears requires an immediate discontinuation of the drug.

Vitamins

When there is a ringing in the ears, vitamins may be needed, as the ringing can occur as a result of metabolic disturbances in the body. It is necessary to take vitamins in a daily concentration:

  • Vitamin PP - 60 mg
  • Vitamin H - 150 μg
  • Vitamin C - 1000 mg
  • Vitamin D - 45 mg.

Physiotherapeutic treatment

When ringing in the ears can be used various physiotherapy, depending on the underlying disease. Often take ultrasound, which promotes deep tissue heating, disinfects, removes the source of inflammation and infection.

Infrared radiation makes it possible to resist the spread of the infectious and inflammatory process, dissolves exudates, small bruises, strengthens the walls of the vessels.

Apply a variety of thermal procedures that contribute to the deep penetration of thermal radiation into the tissue, thereby providing a powerful therapeutic effect. Hyperemia, pain, inflammation can significantly decrease under the influence of thermal radiation, as a result of which the ringing in the ears will disappear.

Electroprocedures stimulate various receptors and can have a positive effect in the treatment of inflammation of the inner ear, other diseases. The main effect is achieved due to the action of non-biologically active points, receptors. Pinging passes as a secondary pathology.

Massage with ringing in the ears

Well-proven massage. It helps with systematic treatment to reduce or completely eliminate ringing in the ears. It all depends on what causes this noise. Massage can be used as a basic, or an adjunct in the treatment of ringing. So, at detection of any pathology, medical massage is spent. If no disease has been identified, a prophylactic, restorative massage is performed. Can be carried out on the eastern or European pattern.

Widely known is the eastern method of sudokhok, which affects the points located on the surface of the foot and palm, and the effect is manifested at the level of physical organs, as well as in the form of removing psychological blocks and clamps.

The European technique assumes influence on separate reflex fields by means of mechanical influence. In this case, a series of successive techniques is used.

Begins any massage with stroking, which allow you to prepare the body for mechanical action, relaxes the body, relieves stress from the nervous system, eliminates spasm of subcutaneous tissue. Provides the opportunity to warm up the body, while the receptors acquire sensitivity to the effects, are activated. The strokes are performed in the form of light, unobtrusive slides along the body, which are carried out along the massage lines, strictly along the lymphatic vessels. This provides an outflow of lymph, activation of skin circulation, blood comes out of its depot, improves blood supply to the skin and internal organs.

Then squeezes are produced, which provide a deeper effect on the body. Muscle layers, deep subcutaneous layers are prepared for further treatment. Improves blood circulation. To move it is necessary on a course of lymphatic vessels, doing a tap to the nearest lymph nodes. This provides good lymph drainage, eliminates stagnation of blood and lymph, increases the tone of blood vessels. Significantly reduced swelling, hyperemia.

After qualitative squeezing, rubbing occurs. They increase local temperature, improve blood supply, trophic tissue. It is performed during the massage lines in both directions. It is necessary to rub the skin intensively, warm up the subcutaneous and muscular layers. This will allow deeper layers of muscles and all parts of the body to be worked out more deeply and intensively. If grinding does not perform well, the further procedure will be painful and less effective. Without preliminary grinding to some muscle layers it is simply impossible to get close.

After the grinding is done, we can assume that the body is prepared for the main impact - kneading. There are many methods of kneading. All of them are aimed at careful elaboration of muscles and tendons, ligaments. Mutations are aimed at eliminating the clamps, relaxing spasms, breaking up the deposits and seals. It improves blood circulation, normalizes metabolic processes, promotes the release of hormones and biological substances that stimulate the immune system, thus increasing endurance and natural resistance of the body to diseases.

After intense stroking, we again turn to squeezing. This makes it possible to remove the released toxins, the products of the decomposition of substances. It is necessary to move along the course of the lymph nodes to nearby lymph nodes, which neutralize these substances.

After that, we perform strokes. They have a calming effect, relieve muscle tension, relax the muscles after intense exposure.

You can end the massage with vibratory movements, which activate the metabolic processes, the nervous system, and bring the person into tonus. Thanks to these techniques a person does not feel tired and too relaxed after a massage. He feels vivacity, a burst of energy, increases efficiency, improves the ability to mental activity.

Also the European model of massage implies the possibility of a visceral massage, which is an internal massaging of the organs, carried out through the abdominal wall (or other external wall).

To remove tinnitus in the ears can be a massage of the head, scalp, cervical collar zone. Especially effective are these types of massage with cervical osteochondrosis, cramping of the cervical nerve, other pathologies of the cervical spine.

Exercises from ringing in the ears

Eliminate ringing in the ears will help various physical exercises aimed at improving cerebral circulation, normalization of the cervical spine.

In the morning, before getting out of bed, it is recommended to perform an exercise aimed at stretching the spine and removing the clamps of the paravertebral muscles that support the spine. It is necessary to relax as much as possible, to take a few deep breaths and exhalations. We inhale the river upwards, above the head. We pull the legs in the opposite direction. We try to stretch the spine as much as possible.

Then lay your hands in the sides, raise your straight legs up. We bend them in the lap, lower them to the side, trying to touch the knees of the hands. Then the legs are returned to the central position, straighten up. Repeat the exercise in the other direction. It is recommended to perform the exercise 10 times. Then again we perform the stretching exercise, after which you can calmly get up and do your own business.

In the afternoon it is recommended to perform an exercise for the neck. You can perform several approaches, especially when the ringing appears or is amplified. You need to become even. Back, neck, legs should be on the same level. Slowly we lower our head forward, we try to put it on the chest. If it does not work, you can press the occipital part with your hands.

Then slowly raise our head, throw it back. Hold for a while, then straighten. Slowly we lower the head to the left shoulder. We try to maximize the lateral surface, without straining the muscles. Then gradually we lower the head to the left shoulder. We lift up. After this, we begin to slowly rotate, making a semicircle from one shoulder to the other. First, rotate the front surface, then - on the back.

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Acupuncture from ringing in the ears

Oriental massage involves a point effect on biologically active points, the effect on individual segments of the body in order to exert influence on the desired organ. Acupuncture is one of the varieties of the eastern method of healing the body. In accordance with the views of eastern medicine, each organ has its own projection on the surface of the body, the skin.

By acting on this site, it is possible to affect the internal organ, in strength and intensity similar to direct action on it. At the same time, the circulation improves in the internal organ, the innervation normalizes, metabolic processes become more intense. More intensively, its recovery occurs.

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Treatment of ringing in the ears at home

At home, ringing in the ears can be treated by applying the medications prescribed by the doctor. Care must be taken to follow all the doctor's recommendations. Also at home you can perform physical exercises from ringing in your ears. The most effective therapeutic exercise, qigong, hatha yoga.

It is necessary to perform the basic exercises aimed at working out the muscles of the neck, shoulder girdle, thoracic spine. You also need to perform breathing exercises, meditative and relaxation practices. Effective sessions of aromatherapy, herbal medicine, therapeutic baths, self-massage. You can apply various alternative and homeopathic remedies.

Surgery

With the ineffectiveness of conservative therapy, the disease progresses. It may be necessary to set up a special apparatus, as well as stagedectomy. In this case, with the help of surgical techniques, replacement of auditory ossicles with prostheses is made.

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