Truth be told, I'd rather have it from playing in a Rock band than from the G-d cursed, obnoxious, life-sucking, time-consuming dia-effing-betes.
I mean...I Don't Need No Doctor.
But it doesn't keep me from cranking my amps from time to time.
Posted on 01/14/2022 10:18:48 AM PST by Red Badger
A SORE throat, runny nose or cough - all things you might expect if you're struck with Covid.
But one symptom that might surprise you is a buzzing sound only you can hear.
Tinnitus is a low-pitched humming or buzzing that affects up to an estimated one in six people who catch the virus.
The sounds experienced by the sufferer, which can also include whooshing, is not coming from an outside source. Only they are aware of it.
Katie Ogden, a hearing aid dispenser and Training Manager for ReSound North-West Europe, said the condition can be “very frustrating”.
“It is often associated with insomnia and can contribute to issues with mental health such as anxiety, stress and depression,” she said.
“The difficulty is that tinnitus can become part of a vicious cycle.
“In its most basic form of this cycle, stress feeds off of tinnitus and tinnitus feeds off of stress.
“So the key to successfully managing tinnitus is to find the method/s that breaks the cycle for the person that is struggling to cope with tinnitus.”
At the start of the pandemic, there were signals that Covid may be linked to hearing problems.
As more studies have been published, researchers at the University of Manchester have been able to estimate the severity of the issue.
They have shown that between seven and 15 per cent of adults diagnosed with Covid report problems with hearing and balance.
Tinnitus is the most common followed by hearing difficulties and vertigo, according to the findings published in the International Journal of Audiology.
Kevin Munro, Ewing Professor of Audiology at the university, said it’s “possible the virus attacks and damages the auditory system”.
“On the other hand, the mental and emotional stress of the pandemic may be the trigger,” he wrote in the Conversation.
“But we need to be careful when interpreting these findings as it’s not always clear if studies are reporting existing or new symptoms.”
Meanwhile, those who recover from Covid infection may find they are lumbered with tinnitus long term.
The same group of researchers found that one in eight patients admitted to hospital had tinnitus eight weeks after discharge.
The patients tended to be older and some already had tinnitus before they were sick with Covid.
A study led by Anglia Ruskin University also found that 40 per cent of people displaying symptoms of Covid were also experiencing a worsening of their tinnitus.
The experts studied 3,103 people from 48 different countries.
While the study focused on people who already had tinnitus, a small number of those participating said the condition had been triggered by the virus.
A more recent study suggested that tinnitus is a problem for more than a third of people who have long Covid.
The research, by King’s College London, was based on questioning thousands of people from 56 countries.
Tinnitus already a very common condition, affecting around one in eight people pre-pandemic, according to estimates from the British Society of Audiology.
Approximately half of patients find it moderately or severely distressing, with complaints of intrusiveness, emotional stress, insomnia and difficulties with concentration.
It can be caused by a number of factors - diabetes, anxiety, Ménière's disease, loud noises are just some.
While for some people the irritating symptom eases up on it’s own, for many it can become a source of long-term misery.
Celebrities that battle the condition include Will.I.Am, Whoopi Goldberg and Coldplay frontman Chris Martin.
Good Morning Britain presenter Susanna Reid has suffered from incurable tinnitus for 16 years.
The 51-year-old said on diagnosis, “I became quite distressed that I would never hear silence again” - but says she can “deal with it mostly”.
There is no cure for tinnitus, with treatments mostly focused on learning behaviours to cope with the constant ringing.
If you’ve recently developed tinnitus, you can contact your GP who can refer you on to an ENT (Ear, Nose and Throat) department.
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What does tinnitus sound like? Tinnitus is often described as a ringing in the ears, but each individual's experience can differ.The British Tinnitus Association says people hear sounds including ringing, buzzing, whooshing or humming.The noise may be low, medium or high‑pitched or the sound could vary between these.The sound may be constant or it may come and go intermittently.Occasionally people have tinnitus that can seem like a familiar tune or song. This is known as musical hallucination or musical tinnitus.Some people have tinnitus which has a beat in time with their heartbeat, called pulsatile tinnitus.
VIDEO AT LINK.................
No, I have no idea where the chants come from.
I heard Rush say he heard them sometimes too. It’s weird............
I’ve had COVID for decades. Who knew?
I take it you have never been hit at a close distance by an RPG to ask that. I also receive 10% disability (largest percentage) for a close RPG hit. Of course the 25% chunk of thigh muscle blown out and missing, the shrapnel still in my lung 54 years later and a large chunk of my chest wall blown away percentage was a little higher. But disability from an RPG hit? Sure.
Eh?
When I had Covid there was a weird thing in my ears. When lying on my side in bed there were loud squawks and other noises that sounded like an orchestra warming up. It only lasted two or three days. It was interesting and a little bit funny.
Where can I buy one of those?
The Smithsonian probably.............
I have had tinnitus in my right ear since I was a kid and got frequent ear infections. I have about 30dB of hearing loss there.
A couple years ago I developed pulsatile tinnitus in that ear and that drove me nuts. Morning, noon and night I couldn’t stop listening to my pulse. It would wake me up at night it was so loud. Buzzing in my ears isn’t stressful to me. Constantly hearing my heartbeat was stressful. Thankfully I discovered citrus was the trigger for it and cutting out the fruit I was eating regularly cured it. Though it will come back if I eat oranges, grapefruit, etc.
I did notice when I got Covid that my regular tinnitus and hearing worsened in that ear. It went back to normal after a few days.
Quite an adventure for a 19 year old Engineer.
Oh my God!! I’ve had Covid for the past 40 years!!
Truth be told, I'd rather have it from playing in a Rock band than from the G-d cursed, obnoxious, life-sucking, time-consuming dia-effing-betes.
I mean...I Don't Need No Doctor.
But it doesn't keep me from cranking my amps from time to time.
LOL, I’ve had ever-present tinnitus for decades now.
I hear ya (pun intended)!
I’ve been hearing impaired all of my life, with about 5% hearing or less in my right ear, maybe 25% in my left. Of course , I have tinnitus. When I first started “hearing” it I thought I was hearing somebody’s stuck car horn in the distance.
After awhile I realized it was me. At times it’s different, I’ve been able to make out three different sounds occurring at the same time. I’ve had high pitched musical tones, and rarely, very low pitched tones that I’ve physically felt as a vibration in my head. I do wear hearing aids and they do help mask some of it, but they are not a perfect solution.
I was born with some of this, but working in loud shops and loud music have taken their toll.
I still consider myself Blessed in a lot of other areas of my life, so I deal with it.🙂🔭
I deal with it......... That’s all we can do................
Thanks to you and everyone who served back then. I had a draft card, but before I turned 18, they canceled it. I would’ve served if called, but I was too chickenxxxx to enlist. Wasn’t gonna run off to Canada.
I deal with it......... That’s all we can do................
There is no cure. Sometimes you can watch what you eat to help lower the noise. All these cures are just rip offs by horrible people preying on desperate people.
Dittos
I have had tinnitus before, usually only when running a fever. About 6 months ago I noticed it and haven’t been sick at all.
It is only in one ear and constant but fairly mild.
Now an echo, wind chimes, clicking, and significant hearing loss has affected that ear. A nurse practitioner/audiologist thinks that I might have a tumor on the auditory nerve to the brain.
She said I will need an MRI to confirm, so I decided to wait until after this COVID wave passes (unless I start having problems with dizziness etc.).
The jab wasn't worth it. Would have just stayed on Ivermectin and the I-MASK+ protocol til Omicron came around.
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