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I'm sorry but it's complete lunacy to assume that tinnitus would make someone violently murder another person, then hang themselves in one fell swoop. That's mental illness and serious psychopathy. I'm a little surprised people are pushing this notion that it's normal / expected for someone...

I have officially had ETD now for 2 years. It started due to an ear infection and since then I've had ringing, hissing, a constant white noise, and now I have a combination of a consistent hum and hiss. It's mind numbing and infuriating. I have tried EVERYTHING. Everything. Antibiotics...

You will find a lot more healing if you don't blame the tinnitus for him being a murdering POS. Millions of people have tinnitus and do not murder people over it. He was clearly extremely deranged and a revolting, vile person.

Hey Vicki, you need to go to your GP and get them to request a CT scan at a hospital. If you're having facial pain and headaches, then you could have a tumor, a mucus ball blockage, or anything else. You need to see an ENT. I have no facial pain, just occasional headaches/tension in my face...

Nope. I've never had tinnitus before. I used to be able to hear pure silence and a pin drop from a mile away. All this buzzing, humming and hissing is ever since the sinus infection hit.

We're talking about antibiotics, not antidepressants.

Hey, thanks for responding. But I had no tinnitus before the sinus infection, and no humming before the Cefalexin. It quite literally overnight caused the humming in my ear 4 months ago and it's still there. Just a constant hmmmm sound. It's really beginning to bother me. I don't have any...

So back in November I was given Cefalexin (Keflex), an antibiotic, because my doctors were (wrongfully) under the assumption that I had a bacterial infection in my sinuses. Turns out I had a fungal infection in my sinuses. This was causing a hissing/electricity noise in my ear and the ENT said...

It takes 2-4 weeks for gluten toxins to entirely flush out of your body. The gluten free diet also only works if you don't smoke and drink alcohol in terms of energy levels.

Yeah if you have yellow thrush, you have Candida. See a doctor ASAP as you need anti-fungal medications. No amount of diet will get rid of it, even though people on the internet insist differently. If you're in the UK, you can buy Candida-Away or Candida Support vitamins which helped finally...

If you're craving sugar after a meal, then this is your digestive system struggling to digest it, thus causing a sugar craving (for energy). Which is a sure sign that yes, your gut bacteria is unbalanced. Honestly? You can take both. There's no harm in regularly eating carrots, apples and...

Thank you! Honestly the only way to get through it is to buy decent gluten free alternatives and fill up on prebiotic food. Prebiotics are good for the gut and can (sometimes) address tinnitus issues if it's caused by an imbalanced gut bacteria or candida. Prebiotic foods are super filling and...

Here is the update as promised! I am going to make this as detailed as possible to help people here (and anyone who finds this thread). PROBLEM: Hissing electrical tinnitus in left ear after sinus infection and ear infection. Very swollen turbinates in left nostril. It's been almost a year now...

Dove's farm range at Sainsbury's is great. The pasta, spaghetti and bread taste like the originals. I actually think it tastes better because there's no wheat flour in it caking it up. It's originally made in Italy where they specialise in gluten free products now so it's decent stuff...

Stuart's salty because it didn't work for him but it has worked for others (multiple posts linked above) and it has helped me. Lol.

I'm really not sure how your comment adds to my thread. You don't like gluten free products. You're not gluten free. You enjoy gluten. And it didn't affect your tinnitus either way. I also never at one point asked about your diet yet you're telling me about it. So why are you commenting on this...

Not really. Many countries offer very decent alternatives if you shop around. And white bread is bad for your gut anyway - gluten sensitivity or not. Europe is excellent for gluten free alternatives. Sainsbury's gluten free range in the UK originally from Italy is excellent (tastes exactly the...

Hey Joe! I'm now on day 5 of a total gluten free diet. I have so much more energy and my body is massively thanking me for it. I am also not waking up with a blocked nose anymore and the hum in my ear has gone, I now just have some hissing. Bear in mind that this isn't a quick thing. It...

I'm actually stunned this has worked. All my issues began after a short haul flight to Berlin in 2011. As we touched down, my sinuses suddenly swelled with the pressure and the pain was off the scale. I burst into tears and held my face because my sinuses became completely inflamed suddenly and...

I couldn't tell you without knowing what caused your tinnitus. Tinnitus from ear infections 99% of the time is from extremely swollen Eustachian tubes which can take years to go down without treatment (steroids, anti-allergies, saline sinus rinses). It's extraordinarily rare for an ear...

Hey Vicki, I thought I would put your mind at ease a bit. Is it possible your hissing started after a flight or ear infection? I've seen 4 different ENTs and found out that 99% of the time, hissing comes from inflammation in the Eustachian tube. The eardrum could be being sucked in slightly due...

Wait, so you did something to make it disappear or it's still there and you just got used to it?

Have you had any improvement Ryan?

Nope. Didn't help at all. ENTs are useless. I now have an intense electricity hissing noise in my ear. No ringing. Turns out I have nasal tissue damage in my nose on the same side. When it scabs over, it's causing inflammation through my entire Eustachian tube. When that finally heals, I can use...

Sounds like it's TMJ or connected to a neck or jaw injury. Electric shocks are damaged nerves. Where are you getting the painful shocking feeling? Because that's where your nerves are damaged. It might be worth seeing a doctor about this. Have you tried massaging your jaw joints and the back...

They are massive rubber holes they put in your eardrums to equalize the pressure. Which makes no sense, as the pressure is usually off because of swelling. So unless the swelling goes down, there's literally no point for a doctor to cut a huge hole in your eardrum to insert a rubber tube...

Any menthol spray will do. Yes it's the critical aspect because it heals inflammation and cells. It's also not addictive like steroid sprays. It's all natural and way better for you. And it's working for me. The changes are very gradual but there's definite improvement after 7 months of this...

Sinuforce Once or twice a day (usually after waking and before bed). Never any more because it's about consistency, not the amount with swollen tubes. It's about them being treated and opening slowly and gradually. If you spray too much, it stops working. Thankfully menthol sprays do not have...

Oh dear. There are many, many posts on this website warning people to stay far away from microsuction because of how dangerous it is. My god ENTs are useless. In the future, please look up procedures online before agreeing to them. Ask for a few moments to think about it and google what it is...

Same. But I've never heard of anyone having hissing after an ear infection for 6 years. Have you checked out your ear with one of the earscope cameras you can buy off Amazon? You'll be able to see if it's retracted or not (slightly sucked in). Have you not been given nasal sprays to help ease...

Stress can't cause tinnitus, only make it worse. And usually hissing is the pressure off in your tubes, hence the air not travelling down it correctly. Did it start with an ear infection by any chance? Or a similar infection?

What caused the hissing in the first place?

It was Dencorub, an Australian arthritis cream. Yep it burned my skin but who cares? It got rid of the jaw pain and yes a thick huge ball of mucus was coughed up 2 days later after I did this. I didn't even feel congested and then this huge thing came out after I massaged it all. 6 years of...

I mean... if you have ETD, of course you have hearing loss. Your tubes are almost swollen shut. I've had an update since this anyway. • Try massaging your jaw joints on both sides. If they're tender/painful/sore, then they have too much lactic acid build up from the infection. Massage them to...

So bit of an update - I've been using a menthol nasal spray for the last 24 hours and the hissing has almost gone. It has no steroids in it so it's not addictive and has no rebound and it seems to be working pretty well along with massaging my jaw joints to release the lactic acid.

Try massaging your jaw joint bones on both sides. Are they sore/tender? It means lactic acid has built up in the joints (like what you get in your back - lactic acid knots). Use an arthritis cream to help resolve it faster and massage all the joints. I did this and it stopped the pain and...

Oh wow so I have exactly what you described. It sounds like air rushing out of a pipe which is a perfect way to describe it. And like yours, sometimes it stretches to the right ear which rings (usually after waking up). However, I've had it for months and months and it came from an ear...

Wait, so it took a year to go on its own? Or how long? Maybe I've misunderstood.

Did the hissing ever get better for you?

How are you doing now Ryan? Any improvement?

Everything you mentioned also makes mine worse. The steroid nasal drops makes it 10x worse. The antihisamines also makes it 10x worse. I'm beginning to think ETD is permanent. I've tried everything. Nasal steroids, oral steroids, vitamin A, Ginkgo, Magnesium, garlic, CBD, ginger, everything...

I'm in the EU too so that'll be a no for me. Nasal sprays seem to make it worse anyway. The only thing that seems to be helping is Vitamin A.

Yes. I have a retracted eardrum too. It's being sucked right in. Had an MRI and they said there's no scarring, no tumours, so it must be inflammation based. I've seen my eardrums with the camera. The right one is normal. The left hissing one has the membrane being sucked slightly inwards, by...

Seriously I had never heard of ETD before I got an ear infection. I'm now going on 7 months of hissing in my left ear from it. Apparently I have ETD and some turbinate inflammation / swelling in my left nose from having so many infections. I also have crackling sometimes when I swallow and an...

Messed around and found out.

Hey, did this ever get better? I have exactly the same symptoms after 2 ear infections. Hissing, swelling behind my eardrum and clicking noises. Apparently it's ETD and it will eventually heal and go away but can take months to calm down. I know it's hard to believe but hissing is a good...

I went to the hospital today and saw an Audiologist for a hearing test and an ENT. I've been having hissing noises in my left ear after a series of ear infections. I was told by 2 nurses that the eardrum is very slightly retracted (and showed me - and yep the membrane is scrunched up and...

No none. Feels completely normal, I just have a sucked in eardrum slightly. However, since posting this, I started on antidepressants and the tinnitus volume in 2 days has already gone down about 40%. There's a noticeable difference in my tinnitus. So I must have had some nerve damage somewhere...

No prognosis. But I'm guessing ETD. My MRI came back completely normal. No tumours, scar tissue or anything worrying. However, since I've posted this I've found relief with antidepressants. I've been taking them for 2 days and my tinnitus has already gone down about 40% in volume. So it must...

Hi Ken. Yeah I've been dealing with these issues for months now. I'm mentally exhausted. From an ear infection, to an extremely retracted eardrum (almost entirely sucked in), to a perforation, to another ear infection, to my eardrum being slightly sucked in again. The tinny static tinnitus is...

Anyone?

So I've been through the war with my left eardrum. I had a sinus infection in November until March 2022. Which then developed into an ear infection which took 4 rounds of antibiotics and several months to get rid of. It was extremely stubborn. This is when the ringing and beeping tinnitus begun...