Have you been diagnosed with tinnitus? Do you experience sounds in your ears that only you can hear? These sounds are typically described as ringing in the ears but can also be a rushing, pulsing, hissing, or bell-like sound. You’re not alone. The American Tinnitus Association estimates that 10% of all adults in the United States suffer from tinnitus. That’s 50 million people in the US.
So, what is tinnitus? Is tinnitus curable? Can you still live a full life with tinnitus? How can this Tinnitus Natural Treatment Guide help you? And what do you do if you have additional questions?
Tinnitus Explained
Your ears are delicate instruments. When sound waves enter the ear canal, they vibrate the eardrum, moving the tiny bones behind it. The frequency of the sound waves, or how close the sound waves are to one another, determines the pitch of the sound you hear. The force of the vibrations tells your brain how loud the sound is.
As the bones in the ear move, they set off tiny hair-like nerves in the inner ear. Each nerve is responsible for a different frequency. When a frequency stimulates a nerve, that nerve sends an electrical signal through the auditory nerve to the brain that gets interpreted as sound.
The hair-like nerves are fragile. Sudden loud noises can strike the nerve forcefully enough to damage them. Sustained loud noises can also overexcite them and wear them down. You may experience one or both of the following:
- If the nerve gets destroyed, it breaks the line of communication. You cannot hear the corresponding frequencies. You have hearing loss.
- If the tiny nerves are damaged but can still send signals, those signals may get corrupted. The nerves send confusing data to the brain, which can be interpreted as sound even when no one else can hear it. You have tinnitus.
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Is Tinnitus Curable?
Destroyed nerves do not regrow. Damaged nerves, on the other hand, may be repaired under the right conditions. You must create an optimal inner environment to encourage cellular repair. Nerves need four things to thrive:
- Free range of motion
- Adequate blood flow as a delivery system for all of the necessary components to make repairs
- Proper nutrition to provide the building blocks necessary to make repairs
- Adequate oxygenation
Under the right conditions, the body can repair itself, provided the nerve isn’t damaged too badly. That is why ear protection is so important. It is much easier to protect good hearing than to repair damaged hearing.
Does Tinnitus Interfere With Daily Life?
Tinnitus is not typically a constant, ongoing condition, though for some it can be. There are days when your symptoms bother you and others when they don’t. Some conditions make tinnitus more difficult, some foods exacerbate symptoms, and tinnitus can worsen after exposure to loud or persistent sounds.
Many people find that their tinnitus interferes with the following:
Sleep: During the day, you may have distractions that mask your symptoms. At night, when everything is quiet and you have no distractions, you can hyperfocus on your tinnitus. Like the ticking of a clock, the more you focus on tinnitus sounds, the louder they get. For some, the constant noise makes it impossible to sleep. Continuous lack of sleep can make it impossible to concentrate, lower your immune system, and make it challenging to cope with everyday stressors.
Focus: Tinnitus may limit your ability to focus. Because of the distraction of tinnitus, you may find concentration at work or on the homefront difficult.
Conversation: When you have tinnitus, it can be challenging to hold conversations with others. Tinnitus sounds may make it difficult to understand what other people are saying. Hearing the conversation is especially difficult when there’s background noise or multiple people talking or when the person speaking has a soft voice or unfamiliar accent. You may find yourself avoiding conversation outside of quiet environments.
Social Life: Always feeling as if you’re on the outside looking in can make you feel lonely in a crowded room. Some people withdraw from their favorite groups and activities rather than feel left out.
Mental Health: Tinnitus symptoms can be so stressful to some that they fall into a deep depression and may even consider suicide. (If you or someone you know is having suicidal thoughts, please contact the Suicide Prevention Hotline by texting or dialing 988 or go to the nearest emergency room.)
Why a Natural Treatment for Tinnitus?
Many people turn to prescription drugs to treat their tinnitus. The challenge is that these drugs often come with an avalanche of harmful side effects. Antidepressants may help calm tinnitus, but they can come with drowsiness and dizziness, and some antidepressants can even harm the liver and kidneys. Steroids are another popular treatment, but they can increase blood pressure, cause weight gain, and cause you to lose muscle mass and bone density. What’s more, many of these medications have only a limited effect on tinnitus.
At Arches, our patients have experienced outstanding results the natural way–with nature-based supplements that don’t come with the harmful side effects of prescription drugs. They restore the body to its optimal state, which facilitates healing from the effects of tinnitus.
How Can This Guide Help You?
At Arches, we are proud to provide you with nature-based, high-quality alternative treatments for tinnitus symptom reduction. We want to help you find the tools necessary to live your best life. The more you know and implement the advice in this guide, the more prepared you will be to manage your tinnitus.
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