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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Sinusitis / June 2007Ringing in ears due to...????
For the last 8 days I've got a steady ringing in my ears. It came on suddenly. It is somewhat annoying but not nearly as debilitating as the sinus problems I've had. I have two questions: 1) Could this symptom (without any other symptoms) still be a sinus-related issue?? 2) 3 days before this started I started using some antibiotic cream on a healing surgical wound (had a cyst lanced). Anyway, that has been giving me some trouble and I saw the doctor for a follow-up on that. I am allergic to sulfa based drugs. I didn't realize this triple-antibiotic ointment is sulfa-based and he said I was clearly having an allergic reaction (he switched me to bacitracin ointment). Anyway, my question: can the ringing in my ears also be an allergic reaction to this ointment (which is put on my upper neck)? Any ideas?? Mel > For the last 8 days I've got a steady ringing in my ears. It came on > suddenly. It is somewhat annoying but not nearly as debilitating as the [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Mel I get ringing in the ears when I have episodes of adrenal insufficiency. Years ago, I had an extreme reaction to an oral sulfa med that I now recognize as severe AI. Maybe the two are connected for you? Susan > x-no-archive: yes > [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > > Susan Look up reactions to quinine and quinolones. It goes away when you stop using them. > Look up reactions to quinine and quinolones. > It goes away when you stop using them. And salicylates. Susan i'M TAKING NEITHER >> x-no-archive: yes >> [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > Look up reactions to quinine and quinolones. > It goes away when you stop using them. > i'M TAKING NEITHER"truehawk" <trueh...@bellsouth.net> wrote in message Well gosh, then it is just a mystery, or the antibotic that you ARE taking shares a common mode of action with the quinolones. and has simular side effects. Of course there is more to the equation than just you and the antibotic. There is also the bug. Did you ever consider that in the NORMAL course of things bacteria wage chemical warfare against each other? for instance, ever hear of endotoxin? Know when it is released? I think the side effects depend as much on the response of the bugs being treated as the person and the antibotic. > Well gosh, then it is just a mystery, > or the antibotic that you ARE taking shares a common mode of action [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > I think the side effects depend as much on the response of the bugs > being treated as the person and the antibotic. Yes, when I went on high dose oral doxycycline for late, chronic Lyme disease, I developed tinnitus that was so loud and intrusive, it was like having a commercial jet engine roaring in my ear. I thought I'd kill myself to get rid of it. Once I learned that doxy is not ototoxic, I went back on it, and within a few weeks, the noise subsided. Susan On 6/22/07 6:09 AM, in article 5e1vvuF35vdllU2@mid.individual.net, "Susan" <nevermind@nomail.com> wrote: > x-no-archive: yes > [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > > Susan Interesting re Doxycline. Before it was released I did one of the clinical studies. I could find NO side effects - stomach, nausea, rash, etc. > Interesting re Doxycline. Before it was released I did one of the clinical > studies. I could find NO side effects - stomach, nausea, rash, etc. Jeez, given its well known effect of causing esophagitis, nausea and photosensitivity, that's truly a remarkable admission. Susan > x-no-archive: yes > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Susan does drug induced tinnitus always resolve when the medication is stopped? meaning, i guess, can drugs sometimes 'turn on' mechanisms that continue to operate in absence of the precipitating cause? ellen > does drug induced tinnitus always resolve when the medication is > stopped? meaning, i guess, can drugs sometimes 'turn on' mechanisms > that continue to operate in absence of the precipitating cause? No, not always. Some drugs are ototoxic and do damage to hearing and hair cells, etc. My T was clearly caused by endotoxins during a die off of bacteria. Other causes of T can be thyroid or other hormone dysfunction, as well. Susan Ellen, Tinnitus is very common and the cause and treatment are elusive. If the drug is very ototoxic--like a aminogycoside--it may destroy the nerve irreversibly. I personally developed it after the virus that wiped out my hearing in college. U of M treated me with high dose prednisone, promptly, and I got back the majority of my hearing, with the exception of the ultra frequency, which is obscured by the high pitched tinnitus. So, viruses can cause it, agiing can cause it, various medications can cause it, and there's essentially no treatment. I just use some "white noise" HEPA filters at night. RE: Doxycyline--it causes erosive esophagitis if taken with insuffienct fluids, and I can personally attest that it causes severe nausea if taken on an empty stomach. It causes photosensitivity--which may manifest as an exaggerated sunburn, and personally I've gotten isolated hives when taking it. No medication is free from side effects. Here in RI, in tick country, we use a lot of it, and it is generally well tolerated, but I always advise patients to take it with lots of fluids, on a full stomach and avoid the sun. A colleague, a dermatologist, got the photosensitivity reaction, and he described his skin becoming horribly painful. I wish there was a perfect drug that never caused side effects. Judy > > x-no-archive: yes > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > ellen > Ellen, > Tinnitus is very common and the cause and treatment are elusive. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > reaction, and he described his skin becoming horribly painful. I wish > there was a perfect drug that never caused side effects. Judy, I can't say I take it with a lot of fluids, but I avoid esophagitis by never lying down for an hour and a half or more after taking doxy. I take Doryx. Susan > Ellen, > Tinnitus is very common and the cause and treatment are elusive. [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > > > > Susan just curious about it. sounds(?) like both of you have dealt with it awhile. i just developed it this winter during a brief course of trazadone (which didn't help my sleep any). i was told that it couldn't have been the drug since it didn't resolve when i went off of it. sure could be aging, hormones, whatever. i'm fortunate that i can usually ignore it & hope that's the case for you as well. not too many perfect things. not too many things without risks. i'm working continually on those cost/benefit analysis skills. ellen The question asked was Singular conta - indicated for nasal polyps. Actually it is a favored medication for nasal polyps. |
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