anyone have a cure for tinnitus (rining of the ears)?
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Try this:\n\n1. get a piece of paper towel.\n2. crumple it up\n3. push it into the bottom of a paper cup\n4. Pour steaming hot water into the cup\n5. Pour out the excess water, so you have a steaming paper in the bottom of the cup.\n6. Cup the effected ear with the steaming cup\n7. Wait 2-3 minutes.\n\nIt seems to help me alot.\n\nLet me know if it works for you too.
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Pinch your nose and it wil equalize your ears. Also chewing gum and yawning helps
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First of all.. Tinnitus. Tinnitus as a ringing, hissing or other sensation of noise in the ears. It may not be associated with hearing impairment. Tinnitus is not an audiological phenomenon, it is a medical condition that produces auditory sensation of tones and noises. This is why tinnitus can occur in a so-called dead ear. There is no known cure for tinnitus, except for a very few cases of disease symptoms or pathological conditions that can be medically corrected. \n\nIt is important to first.. determine the cause..After a detailed analysis of the problem and after exploring several possible solutions, in certain cases, it is possible to eliminate tinnitus or else to lessen its unpleasant effects.\n\nSome of those ways is as follows:\n\n*Medication and other medical treatment can provide relief from tinnitus for varying periods of time. Vasodilators, anti-convulsants and barbiturates can alleviate tinnitus for a limited time. However, operations to cut nerve fibers have been found to have little effect and entail numerous side-effects which should be discussed with your doctor. \n*Certain treatments intended to eliminate tinnitus (such as medication, operations, electrical stimulation, etc.) have in some cases increased the intensity and frequency of tinnitus. \n*The effectiveness of so-called alternative medicine (such as chiropractic, osteopathy, homeopathy, acupuncture, etc.) has only been studied in a few cases. The results show these methods improve a person's general well-being. \n*Using different techniques (such as soft music, radio or television interference, or special masking devices) TO MASK tinnitus has been successful in some cases. THe masking noise, because it comes from outside and because the individual can control it, is often easier to tolerate than the noise in the ears. In some cases (and due to psychological factors not yet fully understood), masking techniques may even inhibit tinnitus, leading to its partial or total disappearance. However, masking devices are not suitable for everyone, and you should consult a qualified audiologist before using one. When there is hearing loss, tinnitus is sometimes masked when the person is wearing a hearing aid (which amplifies external sounds). \nTreatments of tinnitus which involve changes in behaviour entail becoming aware of how one reacts to tinnitus, or of how one's lifestyle encourages it. Certain methods of relaxtion allow a person to better control both the stress caused by tinnitus and the stress which causes tinnitus.
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first try jumping up and down with your head cocked to the side so your ear pointed at the floor....next put some rubbing alcohol on a Q-tip and and rub it in each ear ... let it set and then use the other end the dry your ear...it safe i done this hudreds of times
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I have tried this and it really works. they are called ear candles. they are long wax covered cones that you stick in your ear and light. the smoke gently creates a suction and pulls the wax up into the cone. you can actually see the ear wax in the cone once you are done. I found mine at a natural health food store or an herb store. they work really well and only for a few bucks. good luck.
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Warm xtra virgin olive oil pour a little bit in your ear and block it with cotton wool it will soften the ear wax so it will come out or you could get your ears syringed at the doctors.
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Any sudden hearing loss should be evaluated by an Otolaryngologist (Ear, Nose & Throat) ASAP - the sooner you treat it, the more effective treatment will be.  Be as detailed as possible with your history and symptoms, especially medications, headaches, dizziness, tinnitus (noises in the ear).\n\nThe Piroxicam website says to contact your physician immediately if you experience ringing in your ears, but doesn't mention hearing loss:\nhttp://www.piroxicam.com/product_info_7.htm\n\nPotential causes could be an unrelated build-up of ear wax, or fluid in the middle-ear space behind the ear drum; or it could be an inner ear problem which may require antibiotic and/or steroid treatment.  \n**Again, it is crucial to get a prompt, accurate diagnosis, so see and Ear Specialist and make sure the evaluation includes a complete audiological evaluation to aid in diagnosis, and compare after treatment.**  \n\nCall your primary doctor and/or insurance company to find a specialist in your area that participates with your insurance, and call around to find one who can see you tomorrow morning, if at all possible.  Good luck, I hope you feel better soon!
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Remedies\nFolk\n\nAlcohol, rubbing Rubbing alcohol not only kills germs but causes water trapped in the ear to evaporate. See the remedies below under vinegar. \n\nApple cider vinegar If you notice water stopping up your ears, put three or four drops, diluted in equal parts with water or alcohol, in your ear after showering or swimming. This is a good preventive measure against future infection.\n\nHair dryer Use the warm (never hot!) setting of your hair dryer and place it about an arm's length from the ear and slowly move it back and forth. Test it on your wrist after it has been running a while before using it on the ear. The warm air will evaporate any trapped water.\n\nVinegar (distilled white) Put 2-3 drops of full strength white vinegar into the ear every two hours. This will be effective against any bacterial or fungal infection.\n\n• Another similar remedy is to make a 50/50 mixture of vinegar and warm water and apply four drops in the ear three times a day for three days. However, the water can harbor bacteria and fungus. One of the other two vinegar remedies is preferred. Pull on the earlobe to straighten out the ear canal. This will get the drops to their destination. The alcohol may sting, but this needs to be done.\n\n• A third vinegar remedy is to make a 50/50 mixture using equal parts of rubbing alcohol and distilled white vinegar. Put the mixture in a clean eyedropper bottle. The alcohol will kill germs and evaporate any water that's trapped in the ear. Use several drops after swimming. Tilt your head and pull your earlobe to get the mixture into the ear canal. This will help cure swimmer's ear or prevent it from happening in the first place. See the caution warning below.\n\nThese remedies can be mixed up in a clean eye dropper bottle.
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Tinnitus is not easy to just get rid of.  You may be stuck with it for life.  It is usually a cochlear problem that is associated with hearing damage.  Tinnitus is a warning of something going wrong, and not usually the main problem.  Your best be is to be checked out by an Audiologist, to determine your next move.  \nThings to consider:  Is it in both ears?  Is it associated with dizziness?  Do you get a pressure feeling in one ear, especially the one with the tinnitus?  Do you have a one sided hearing loss?  If you answer yes to any of these questions, you really should go to an audiologist.\nBeyond that, studies show that if you intake a lot of salt and caffine this MAY be a cause of making the ringing worse.  Cut these out of your diet for a week or two and see if there is a difference.  You will know.  If you see anything at all, it may go away completely for awhile.  If the ringing keeps you up at night play a fan, radio, tv, or get one of those noise machines from bed, bath, and beyond (these are great!).  \nUnfortunately there is no pill or shot that can get rid of your tinnitus.  it is hard to study since the only person that knows its there is you.  \n\nGood luck.
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I've used Hydrogen peroxide for a while with great success.  Just let it sit for a while.  It'll sound kinda funny, all bubbling in your ear, but it works really really well, then flush it with warm water.\n-Duo
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This sounds wierd but scratch your inner ear with a q-tip (not all the way in just partially).  It works for me!
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Go to a vitamin shop, like GNC, Vitamin Shop etc. They have these weird little things called ear cones. You place them in your ear and light it on fire, it sucks out the wax. I have done this a few time and it is odd. Be carefull not to burn your head!
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I am an audiologist & deal with tinnitus on a daily basis in my patients. I have never found any OTC to help tinnitus. There are literally hundreds of causes of tinnitus including: stress, hearing loss, high blood pressure, medications, asprin, caffiene, alcohol, blood oxygen level, tumors, and many more... There is really no cure for tinnitus, most people are successful with ignoring it. I counsel my patients to try to avoid very quiet environments (i.e. keep a fan on in the bedroom at night, keep a fountain or other semi-quiet noise source on in the house). If you have not been evaluated to ensure that there is no hearing loss or other illness, it is prudent to see an ENT (Ear, Nose & Throat physician or an audiologist for evaluation). If it is something you simply can't deal with, there are certain therapies that have proven somewhat useful (i.e. tinnitus retraining or sound enrichment therapy), and your physician or audiologist can discuss those with you.
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any over the counter decongestant... Pseudophed is the best, I think...      When my son's ear would get clogged the pharmacist told me to put a cap full of peroxide in it... let it bubble then flush warm water in it while holding you head, ear facing down, over the sink using a ear dropper....   All stuff you can get at a local drugstore...\n\nfeel better
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Clean your ears with Q-Tips you can also pour a little bit of peroxide in your ear to help it.
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I had ear surgery 5 years ago to repair my ear drum. My doctor recommends hydrogen peroxide every so often to keep both ears clean. Just put a few drops in (sounds like a steak sizzling on the grill),let it sit for a few minutes, then rinse with warm faucet water. Works great!!
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You've got tinnitus.  I have it too.  There's nothing to cure it, although there's some new herbal type pill that claims to reduce the ringing.  I don't believe it.  I've had tinnitus since I was a child.  It came from a very severe dual ear infection that damaged my eardrums.  At night, it's the worst due to the silence.  I meditate to help ignore the ringing & to relax into sleep.  I've been told one day, I'll have to wear hearing aids.  I get my hearing checked every 6 months too.  I've got 9% hearing loss in both ears & I'm just 33.