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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Tinnitus / May 2006ear syringing caused my tinnitus
.. three weeks ago, in London. Does anyone know (1) If there have been successful cases of litigating against the doctors who trigger tinnitus by syringing (2) If tinnitus is seen as a 'disability' - in other words, it makes it easier to get a job? I am so scared ... It is most unlikely that the actual syringing was the problem. It could have been a side effect for a different reason altogether. I am so sorry you are feeling scared. But please be reassured that you do NOT have a fatal disease. Tinnitus is mainly a confounded nuisance. What happened is most likely a tensing up of the neck muscles. Did you hold your head to one side while the syringing was being done? And if there was already tension in those muscles beforehand, then the tension is now increased. It is very possible to have tension and not feel a thing. Can you go and have a massage from a trusted therapist? This will undo some of the tension. It will also confirm that the tension did exist. This is not a cure - but it is a starting point. http://eebee.net/TinnitusIsaPainintheNeck.shtml Elly's Tinnitus Resources http://eebee.net/ >.. three weeks ago, in London. >Does anyone know (1) If there have been successful cases of litigating >against the doctors who trigger tinnitus by syringing (2) If tinnitus >is seen as a 'disability' - in other words, it makes it easier to get a >job? I am so scared ... Elly Byrne <elly@eebee.net.noway> wrote in part: >It is most unlikely that the actual syringing was the problem. It >could have been a side effect for a different reason altogether. [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > >*** Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com *** Arrrrrrghhhh  SignatureJim Chinnis / Warrenton, Virginia, USA Want to discuss Meniere's? See http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MenieresDG Thank you Elly. I'm pretty sure it was the syringing. It was like a switch - the water hit the wax and the tinnitus switched on. I will try a neck massage - I'll try anything. Jim Chinnis - what does "Arrrrrrghhhh" mean? That you don't think is was tense neck muscles? Thanks > Thank you Elly. I'm pretty sure it was the syringing. It was like a > switch - the water hit the wax and the tinnitus switched on. But that procedure is used quite a lot to remove wax. Why did they remove the wax? If you think it was the water hitting the wax that caused the T, do you mean you never gotten water in your ears before? Martin - I asked to have the syringing because I knew there was wax there. I have had syringing 2 or 3 times before with no adverse effect. I think that the pressure of the water on the hardened wax (it was still hard even though I had used oil for three or four days before) pressed on the eardrum or maybe forced some hard wax into the passage that goes behind the drum. I have had water in my ears - of course- but not at high pressure like this, shooting directly onto impacted hard wax. "JeremyH" <jonathan.hoffman@btinternet.com> wrote in part: >Thank you Elly. I'm pretty sure it was the syringing. It was like a >switch - the water hit the wax and the tinnitus switched on. I will try >a neck massage - I'll try anything. > >Jim Chinnis - what does "Arrrrrrghhhh" mean? That you don't think is >was tense neck muscles? Thanks Sorry. Elly tends to blame tinnitus on neck tension. It's her thing. Syringing sometimes does cause tinnitus, as well as other middle and inner ear problems. It can be too forceful. It can disturb the eardrum rather violently, which can occasionally cause tinnitus or hearing loss. As to being disabled, yes, tinnitus can be disabling, though it is rare. In the US I believe (I am no expert) that winning such a case can be difficult (the disability part). Most people recover rather nicely and get over the initial anxiety, depression, or loss of sleep. But it takes time. Unfortunately, it probably takes longer to get back to normal or close to it if you are engaged in a lawsuit focused on it. SignatureJim Chinnis / Warrenton, Virginia, USA Want to discuss Meniere's? See http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MenieresDG Thanks very much. > .. three weeks ago, in London. > Does anyone know (1) If there have been successful cases of litigating > against the doctors who trigger tinnitus by syringing (2) If tinnitus > is seen as a 'disability' - in other words, it makes it easier to get a > job? I am so scared ... No need to be scared Jeremy. There are ways of greatly reducing tinnitus in its early stages which I have found helpful, and which enable you regain control over it. If your tinnitus is high pitched, try wearing a small portable amplifier with the audio response limited to the tinnitus frequency band. You might be amazed. But I admit I have a commercial interest in this method and so no longer directly promote it by name here. I believe (but can't prove) my own tinnitus in both ears was caused by over-intensive neck massage, which disturbed the balance of the blood supply in the head/neck. Elly will probably beg to differ on this. ;-) I too thought of litigation, but because the 'cause' of my T seemed so unusual, it seemed the chance of success was low. So I wrote a _very_ unpleasant (but coherent) letter to the clinic instead. I felt a lot better after this, and I doubt if their masseuse will ever do to others what she did to me ever again... :-| Steve
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