Tinnitus is a fairly common malady which involves the agitating sensation of hearing a sound or sounds when no peripheral sound source is present. Tinnitus indicators may include these types of imaginary or phantom noises in your ears: ringing, buzzing, roaring, clicking or even a hissing. 

The imaginary noise may range in pitch from a low dull roar to a high screech, and you may hear it in either one or sometimes both ears. In certain extreme cases, the sound can be so deafening and debilitating that it can interfere with your capacity to focus your attention or hear anything else. Tinnitus may be present in one or both ears all of the time, or it may go and come intermittently. 

Currently there are two kinds of tinnitus that are recognized by the medical profession: 

Subjective Tinnitus which is tinnitus that only you can hear. This is the most typical variation of tinnitus. 

Objective Tinnitus is tinnitus that your physician amazingly can hear themselves when he or she does an examination of the ear. This extremely rare type of tinnitus may be caused by a blood vessel problem, an inner ear bone condition or spasmodic muscle contractions. 

When should you see a medical doctor? 

• See your health care provider if you have tinnitus symptoms that bother you. Tinnitus can be very debilitating drastically impact the quality of your life, so the sooner the better.
• Make sure to make an appointment to see your health care provider if you develop tinnitus after an upper respiratory infection, such as a cold, and your tinnitus doesn't improve within a week's time.
• See your doctor as soon as possible if you have tinnitus that occurs abruptly or without any apparent cause or if you have hearing loss or vertigo (dizziness) associated with the tinnitus onset.

Anyone can experience tinnitus from time to time but certain factors may unfortunately escalate your risk: 

• Extremely loud noise exposure or lengthy periods of exposure to loud noise can harm the tiny sensory hair cells in your ear that transmit sounds to your brain. People who work in noisy environments (such as factory or heavy construction workers, soldiers and musicians) are particularly at risk. Proper ear protection is a necessity in these environments.
• As you age, the number of functioning nerve fibers in your ears decreases exponentially and is believed to be a probable cause of hearing issues often associated with tinnitus.
• Men are more prone to experience tinnitus than women are.
• Smokers have a significantly greater risk of developing tinnitus tan non-smokers.
• Cardiovascular problems or other conditions that affect your blood flow, such as high blood pressure or narrowed arteries (atherosclerosis), can lead to increased risk of tinnitus. 

Tinnitus can noticeably affect one's quality of life. It affects all people differently and if you have tinnitus, you also may experience fatigue, stress, disrupted sleep patterns, trouble concentrating, memory problems and even depression, anxiety and irritability. Treating these associated ailments may not affect tinnitus directly, but it can serve to help you feel much better.

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