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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Tinnitus / September 2005I Hear my Heartbeat in my head
I have had tinnitus for several years and have grown to except it. However lately I have had the worsening experience of hearing my heartbeat and it is driving me nuts. I also have wenkebach and hear its distinctive rhythm also. What can I do? The first port of call is the doctor to make sure there is not something else going on. If the doctor cannot find anything then it is due to muscle tension in the neck and shoulders. http://eebee.net/pt.shtml Elly's Tinnitus Resources http://eebee.net/ >I have had tinnitus for several years and have grown to except it. However >lately I have had the worsening experience of hearing my heartbeat and it is >driving me nuts. I also have wenkebach and hear its distinctive rhythm also. >What can I do? Good advice to make sure that there are no serious vascular disorders, but a high proportion of cases of pulsatile tinnitus are idiopathic i.e. no one has any idea what causes it, only what's not causing it. To ascribe these idiopathic cases to muscle tension seems to me naive and sweeping. John > The first port of call is the doctor to make sure there is not > something else going on. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >>also. >>What can I do? It's also important to have someone check you out neurologically to make sure it isn't intracranial hypertension (too much fluid in the brain... symptoms include the tinnitus you describe, headaches, vision changes... and there are tests the docs can do to look for it). Selah Quite right. IHT is generally more prevalent in morbidly obese females. Also check out the paper by Sismanis et al (Laryngoscope 104: June 1994, Page 681). As far as I can recall Sismanis did not find muscle tension to be one of the causes of pulsatile tinnitus. Maybe he missed out on something :>) ? John > It's also important to have someone check you out neurologically to make > sure it isn't intracranial hypertension (too much fluid in the brain... > symptoms include the tinnitus you describe, headaches, vision changes... > and there are tests the docs can do to look for it). > > Selah > I have had tinnitus for several years and have grown to except it. However > lately I have had the worsening experience of hearing my heartbeat and it is > driving me nuts. I also have wenkebach and hear its distinctive rhythm also. > What can I do? Well if you've been diagnosed as having Wenckebach's phenomenon, I'll assume that you're already under the care of a cardiologist. What has he had to say about this? Have an overall body relaxation exercise, which will invariably involve a chiro. Sometimes our bones somewhere could produce sound that goes into our ears. > Have an overall body relaxation exercise, which will invariably involve > a chiro. Sometimes our bones somewhere could produce sound that goes > into our ears. Hitting the bottle again Francis? > > Have an overall body relaxation exercise, which will invariably involve > > a chiro. Sometimes our bones somewhere could produce sound that goes > > into our ears. > > > Hitting the bottle again Francis? Yes, big mouth! >> > Have an overall body relaxation exercise, which will invariably involve >> > a chiro. Sometimes our bones somewhere could produce sound that goes [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Yes, big mouth! LMAO......  Signature*´¨) . ·´ ¸.·*¨) ¸.·*¨) ¸.·*¨) (¸.·´ (¸.*´ ¸.·´ `·-* * Patty * `·-* >I have had tinnitus for several years and have grown to except it. However > lately I have had the worsening experience of hearing my heartbeat and it > is > driving me nuts. I also have wenkebach and hear its distinctive rhythm > also. > What can I do? Look on the bright side......... It's better than having your heart stop beating. Signature*´¨) . ·´ ¸.·*¨) ¸.·*¨) ¸.·*¨) (¸.·´ (¸.*´ ¸.·´ `·-* * Patty * `·-* |
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