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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Tinnitus / February 2008Tinnitus and sore neck
My tinnitus varies up and down and depends on my diet, it seems. This may have been mentioned before, but when my tinnitus elevates, the muscles in the back of my neck get sore. When the tinnitus drops down, the soreness in the neck also diminishes. What is the connection? Any reasons? Dave C. >My tinnitus varies up and down and depends on my diet, it seems. Does this mean you've monitored exactly what foods cause your Tinnitus? What foods are they exactly and how much of a test did you do to determine that it was any specific food? In the past 15 years of my Tinnitus I've found that stimulant foods like Chillies; Black Pepper and hot spices that increase blood flow do have an increasing effect on the Tinnitus but it doesn't last more than a few hours. So also does taking aspirin and Ibuprofen. The increase only lasts until the food or drug wears off. Just a few hours. >This may have been mentioned before, but when my tinnitus elevates, the >muscles in the back of my neck get sore. When the tinnitus drops down, the >soreness in the neck also diminishes. What is the connection? Any reasons? This sounds to me like the tinnitus is intrusive enough to make you tense and the tension is coming out in tightnening of the neck muscles rather like the way neck tension is often the cause of headaches. But there are Chiropractors who have found that neck lesions caused by mechancial accident like whiplash or other physical things bringing about a displaced or compromised disc in the upper spine can bring on Tinnitus and when they manipulate to free the lesion the tinnitus subsides. It's not claimed to be a cure for tinnitus but there have been people who have had temporary tinnitus and got it removed the moment they had the neck manipulated to sort out the vertebrae. It's rather like the low back slipped disc only in the neck instead. It can cause pain down the arms, in the elbows and numbness or pins and needles in some of the fingers.  SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com >>My tinnitus varies up and down and depends on my diet, it seems. > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > The increase only lasts until the food or drug wears off. Just a few > hours. I think if you look it up, you'll find that it's the adrenal suppressive salicylate content in those foods that drives up tinnitus. Does for me, anyhow, and tinnitus is highly present and variable in those of us with pituitary/adrenal problems. Susan Nobody knows what the connection is. But the neck muscles have a lot to do with the tinnitus. http://eebee.net/TinnitusIsaPainintheNeck.html Elly. >My tinnitus varies up and down and depends on my diet, it seems. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > >Dave C. SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com > My tinnitus varies up and down and depends on my diet, it seems. > This may have been mentioned before, but when my tinnitus elevates, > the muscles in the back of my neck get sore. When the tinnitus drops > down, the soreness in the neck also diminishes. What is the > connection? Any reasons? Tinnitus is stressful, stress causes neck tension, various muscle tensioning in and around the skull can change tinnitus perception. So doing something about the neck tension is a good idea, even if the tinnitus has a very different cause, such as the most probably one: noise induced hearing damage. > Dave C. Kind regards Peter Larsen >> My tinnitus varies up and down and depends on my diet, it seems. > [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > Peter Larsen having T for 2 tears now and a neck issue as well for that time, I have now been diagnosed with sinusitis. sunusitis can also be connected with T, and with neck stiffness. something to consider. I am off to see ENT now about the sinusitis. regards IHearU I use a saline nasal spray a few times per day. When the better sprayer are empty I refill them myself with salt water. From 3-4 nasty sinusitis infections per year to none makes it worth it. I visited an Optometrist once that treated me to a tear duct flush. Consisted of a topical anaesthetic followed by some salt water pressure down the corner of the eye into the nose. My eyes stopped running and my nasal passages were moist for about four months and no irritation. She went into teaching and I lost contact with her. A Ophthalmologist had his hand at it years later and made a mess with massive swelling from injections and other medical doctor obsessions (yup, a know-it-all conceited a.shole, despite my protesting at the time). My eyes do not drain properly at all now. One day I will get brave and stalk this Optometrist teaching at the University and see about better treatment on a regular basis. Get the saline spray. The better ones have a longer nozzle and a finer spray and sometimes lubricants added (glycerine). I find the immediate difference next to nothing but the long term amazing. >>> My tinnitus varies up and down and depends on my diet, it seems. >> [quoted text clipped - 28 lines] > regards > IHearU > I use a saline nasal spray a few times per day. When the better > sprayer are empty I refill them myself with salt water. From 3-4 nasty [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > spray and sometimes lubricants added (glycerine). I find the immediate > difference next to nothing but the long term amazing. Never use any kind of nasal spray with benzalkonium chloride in it as a preservative, though. It kills nasal cilia, and they never recover, which causes, ultimately, more chronic sinus infection. Susan >I use a saline nasal spray a few times per day. When the better sprayer are >empty I refill them myself with salt water. From 3-4 nasty sinusitis [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > spray and sometimes lubricants added (glycerine). I find the immediate > difference next to nothing but the long term amazing. I have made a mild saline solution with filtered water and a little salt. This is not very scientific, but put just enough salt so the the solution is mildy salty. I actually tasted purchased saline solution and copied the taste. It was easy and works fine. Regards, Dave C. My comments were more directed towards IHearU and were off topic in your thread. Sorry for the confusion. The sprayer is more important for nasal wetting. >>I use a saline nasal spray a few times per day. When the better >>sprayer are empty I refill them myself with salt water. From 3-4 [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Regards, Dave C. >> I have made a mild saline solution with filtered water and a little >> salt. This is not very scientific, but put just enough salt so the >> the solution is mildy salty. I actually tasted purchased saline >> solution and copied the taste. It was easy and works fine. >> >> Regards, Dave C. This sounds like a good idea. I was prescribed Sterile Saline spray by the surgeon who did the extensive sinus surgery on me. It's better to use sterile when you're dealing with membranes as sensitive to infection as those in the nose. You can of course boil the water first then dissolve the salt and decant the result into a spray bottle. Here in the UK a small aerosol of Sterimar a French sterilsed Seawater costs the equivalent of $10 unless you get them free from the NHS under prescription. I get steripods free of charge which are just saline for dressing wounds and cleansing things like burns and injuries. I find that I still need to use the saline spray daily and several time per day even 20 months after my surgery in June 2006 It does a fine job though. SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com Saline (salt) is a preservative for most critters. >>> I have made a mild saline solution with filtered water and a >>> little [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > time per day even 20 months after my surgery in June 2006 > It does a fine job though. >> I have made a mild saline solution with filtered water and a little >> salt. This is not very scientific, but put just enough salt so the >> the solution is mildy salty. I actually tasted purchased saline >> solution and copied the taste. It was easy and works fine. >> >> Regards, Dave C. This sounds like a good idea. I was prescribed Sterile Saline spray by the surgeon who did the extensive sinus surgery on me. It's better to use sterile when you're dealing with membranes as sensitive to infection as those in the nose. You can of course boil the water first then dissolve the salt and decant the result into a spray bottle. Here in the UK a small aerosol of Sterimar a French sterilsed Seawater costs the equivalent of $10 unless you get them free from the NHS under prescription. I get steripods free of charge which are just saline for dressing wounds and cleansing things like burns and injuries. I find that I still need to use the saline spray daily and several time per day even 20 months after my surgery in June 2006 It does a fine job though. -- Laurie SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com >>> I have made a mild saline solution with filtered water and a little >>> salt. This is not very scientific, but put just enough salt so the [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Laurie That is a good tip. ..boiling the water first if I can't locate sterile water. I never thought about the quality of water being a concern. I actually put the saline in a bottle with a nose dropper and flood the nasal passage with using the dropper. I can get more in place compared to a spray. Regards, DAve C. I haven't worried about the quality of the water from out taps as it is chlorinated. I rinse my sinuses out everyday from the shower head anyway. Then I follow it with a saline solution to avoid the dryness the shower creates. >>>> I have made a mild saline solution with filtered water and a >>>> little [quoted text clipped - 25 lines] > > DAve C. > I have made a mild saline solution with filtered water and a little salt. > This is not very scientific, but put just enough salt so the the solution is > mildy salty. I actually tasted purchased saline solution and copied the > taste. It was easy and works fine. I make my own, too. I use kosher or sea salt to avoid anti caking agents getting into nasal tissues. I add a bit of xylitol to moisturize and to prevent bacterial adhesion, and a pinch of baking soda to make it gentler and more comfortable to irrigate with. I use a 16 oz. NeilMed bottle to irrigate with. Basically, for two cups of sterile (distilled or boiled water) you want a tsp. of saline mixture for isotonic, and double that for hyertonic, IIRC. Susan > having T for 2 tears now and a neck issue as well for that time, I have > now [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > regards > IHearU Wishing you the best in your visit to an ENT. Keep the group in touch with your findings. Dave C. >> having T for 2 tears now and a neck issue as well for that time, I >> have now [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > Wishing you the best in your visit to an ENT. Keep the group in touch > with your findings. thanks and a plug here for alt.support.sinusitis a good group, like this one. > Dave C. TEST >>> having T for 2 tears now and a neck issue as well for that time, I >>> have now [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >> >> Dave C. SignaturePosted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com > My tinnitus varies up and down and depends on my diet, it seems. > [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > Dave C. If you move your jaw forward and in doing so manage to change the volume of your T, you are probably suffering from somatic tinnitus or tinnitus related to muscle tension. Sleep with a wrapped up towel to support the neck and see if it helps. Check with a chiro a couple of times and see how it goes. If no go, then check with an acupuncturist. I don't know how the acupuncturists over where you live perform. They might have given this profession a bad name, possibly. >If you move your jaw forward and in doing so manage to change the >volume of your T, you are >probably suffering from somatic tinnitus or tinnitus related to muscle >tension. Yes, the volume increases. >Sleep with a wrapped up towel to support the neck and see if it helps. >Check with a chiro a couple of times and see how it goes. Sounds reasonable to try that out. Thanks, Dave C. >> My tinnitus varies up and down and depends on my diet, it seems. >> [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >probably suffering from somatic tinnitus or tinnitus related to muscle >tension. does your T change when you move your jaw forward and encase the end of your bong? >Sleep with a wrapped up towel to support the neck and see if it helps. >Check with a chiro a couple of times and see how it goes. If no go, >then check with an acupuncturist. I don't know how the acupuncturists >over where you live perform. They might have given this profession a >bad name, possibly. They're all quacks so it don't matter.
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