Main content:
- Be wary of sudden deafness.
- The cause of sudden deafness.
- How to prevent deafness suddenly.
Sudden deafness
The 28 -year -old young girl, in Hanoi, came to the examination due to abnormal symptoms such as dizziness, dizziness, tinnitus.
According to the patient's sharing, the night before going to the doctor, she suddenly saw on both ears, feeling like a cicada in her ear and dizzy, dizzy.The girl was very worried because her body suddenly appeared abnormal symptoms, so she went to the doctor to find the cause.
MSc Nguyen Thi Hong Tuyet - Specialist Ear Nose Throat, Medlatec HospitalThe patient has been assigned to perform endoscopy nose and throat endoscopy, biochemical tests and brain MRI scan.
Endoscopic results of the nose and throat diagnosed patients with earlested vestibular disorders.Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain - Cerebral artery does not detect abnormal signs.Patients with sinus sinusitis, sinus jaw on both sides, with left jaw sinus polyps.Testing hearing, atrium concluded that the patient with deafness was mild.
The patient was diagnosed with sudden deafness due to sinusitis, both sides sinus.Patients were hospitalized inpatient.After 1 week of treatment, the patient completely recovered from dizziness, hearing back to normal, eating and sleeping.
Photos of the patient's stone bottom MRI.(Photo BSCC)
Causes of sudden deafness
According to Dr. Hong Tuyet, deafness is an emergency of ear, nose and throat.The disease may happen for a few hours to a few days.The degree of deafness and very different properties, deafness can occur in one ear or both ears, the level of lightness seems to hear poorly as heavy as deafness is completely severe on at least three consecutive frequencies.The sudden deafness needs to be treated promptly.
Sudden deafness may be related to diseases such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease, alcoholism, fatigue, stress, pregnancy ...
The cause of sudden deafness may also be due to viral infections, respiratory infections, noise, VIII nerve tumors, blood vessel spasms, thrombosis, internal ear bleeding, autoimmune diseases, ...
Dr. Hong Tuyet recommends that deafness can recover partly, or naturally hearing within 1 to 2 weeks.However, if not diagnosed and treated promptly, sudden deafness can also affect hearing recovery.Experts recommend that when people appear one of the abnormal signs such as dizziness, dizziness, tinnitus, poor hearing ... need medical facilities to be examined, find the exact cause and thing.timely treatment.
To protect hearing, avoid sudden deafness, people should note some of the following:
- Focus on protecting and absolutely do not leave the head and ears injured;
- Use separate tools to get earwax;
- Avoid coming to a place with loud noise, or listening to music with loud volume for a long time;
- When going out, wear a mask to avoid the risk of viral disease;
- Follow the diet with enough nutrients, limit beer, alcohol, tobacco ...
- Regular exercise to increase the body's resistance.