If it's 10x louder when lying down I found someone claiming to have an explanation for your type of etiology at doctissimo (middle ear less oxygenated), but it seems to have more rules and logic than merely louder when supine:
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Hello to you,
I found an interesting testimony on the forum of France Tinnitus in relation to the problems of eustachian tube. In reality, it's quite close to my case since the person suffers from both whistles and buzzing (at home, it is more cracklings or sizzling but sometimes it can go as far as buzzing).
The ENT explains that there is both an impairment of the cochlea cells for whistling and that it is therefore necessary to protect its inner ear which is quickly fatigued by external noises and that the buzzing is due to pressure problems Which can be resolved with drugs to clear the sinuses or anti-inflammatories.
As I always have a little sinusitis and that my cracklings are more genious at the beginning of the day (the immobilism of the night could increase the pressure in the ear), I wonder if there is not a track To explore with a longer treatment (I had tried treatments type "exomuc" but on short periods)?
Have a good day,
Ludo
Copy of the testimony of the forum FA:
"I recovered notes that I had taken with my ENT in 2003:
I noted my questions and answers (note: I have rarely seen such a good ENT, giving time to patients and finding real solutions). I remember that it has cured me and I have not this problem for 3 years.
My findings and answers (all obvious in my case):
1) the buzzing does not increase if the ambient noise has been strong (eg lawnmower), unlike whistling: "Normal, there is no connection with the cochlea".
2) the buzzing appears in the supine position and becomes more and more strong with time: "Exact, the middle ear is less oxygenated".
3) the buzzing becomes louder if you nose your nose by pushing the air: "Yes, you increase the pressure".
4) the hum disappears for 1 second by shaking the head and returning more intensely: "Exact" (see below).
5) the buzzing disappears for 1/2 second if one swallows: "Yes, in the case of painful otitis, the child by his cree decreases the pressure of the middle ear by opening his mouth. Buzzing but you should open your mouth longer "(see below).
6) the buzz increases if you do a nose wash: "Normal, water goes into the Eustachian tubes".
Other findings:
- The first time, it disappeared after a month from the taking of Fluimicil and Pyvalone: "Yes, these drugs do not prevent the buzz but limits the risks of a sinusitis, creating an inflammation causing by implication the hum" .
- It disappeared simultaneously with the use of anti-inflammatory and decontractyl: "The decontractors diminish globally the inflammations on the whole body and also on the ears".
- It disappeared with weight loss of about 5 kg.
- If you push the air by plugging your nose, it is always the left ear that slams first: "Yes, according to my examination, the Eustachian tube of your right ear is physically undersized by Compared to the left one ".
His remarks:
This buzzing has nothing to do with the other tinnitus coming from the cochlea. The problem is actually in the middle ear. This cavity connected to the eardrum needs to be oxygenated. Every 7 minutes, in a vertical position, the Eustachian tube opens by reflex and rebalances the pressure by oxygenating the middle ear.
In the lying position, the openings are less frequent. This results in excessive humidification of the internal walls of this cavity due to lack of oxygen. At the same time, the internal pressure rises. The ear stifles ...
The buzzing appears as a sign of "anomaly". The latter will be systematic if the mucous membranes are in inflammation because of an excess of mucus (for example: a small sinusitis even imperceptible).
The swelling of the mucous membranes narrows the opening of the Eustachian tube. The frequency slowing down of the "oxygenation sequences" of the inner ear creates abnormal "hygrometry" in the middle ear cavity. This doubles as an overpressure in shift with the rest of the bone walls and other cavities. This phenomenon is responsible for the creation of a buzz (sound refraction and electroacoustic phenomenon).
The example of the head in a plastic bag filled with fog is like the buzzing of the middle ear when lying down.
The middle ear is breathing! This "mist" acts by "gravity" on the internal walls and can accumulate in liquid glares. This mist is a natural reaction due to accumulation of carbonic "micro-gases".
Swallowing momentarily stops the "refractive process" as by swallowing, the jaw muscles pull the tissues and nerves gravitating around the ear downwards.
1) This releases the Eustachian tube by opening it, thus temporarily suppressing the overpressure responsible in part for buzzing (this overpressure comes back as soon as the Eustachian tube is closed because the "micro-gases" are not eliminated for The "deposits" stored in the middle ear are still there after the swallowing, because the "architectural" structure of the middle ear returns to its original state pathological.
2) The muscular contraction of the jaw strongly modifies the shape of the tissue structure in inflammation around the ear and thus modifies or very briefly suppresses the resonance of this buzzing, resulting from a permanent and prolonged static state.
Important: Shaking your head temporarily eliminates the hum.
Indeed, these are accumulated abnormally on the bottom of the walls of the middle ear. The rotation of the head changes the "center of gravity" of each molecule of water. They are now "tossed" and "destabilized". Not accumulating more between them to form this "chemical binder", the movement of the head interrupts the humming mechanism by the action of this micro-centrifugal force.
Since the water molecules are not static, they act differently in terms of their impact in pressure and therefore in "gravity" on these walls. It must be remembered that this "pressure" between the walls is due to an excess of "fog or carbon dioxide".
This micro-physical phenomenon of movement prevents this resonance (echo).
This echo is created by excessive capillary contact of the micro-inflammations.
These are also vascularized between them. Let us not forget that the vascularization comes from the blood pressure. This regular pressure of the blood in the capillaries is repeated several times in different walls abnormally contiguous, which generates an echo phenomenon of audible blood circulation.
These micro-inflammations combined with blood pressure create an objective tinnitus.
This "pressure" is therefore gravitationally less important during the rotation of the head. Decreased, it does not create this sound refraction (audible buzzing conductivity). The total center of gravity of the middle ear is temporarily altered here.
Unfortunately, the return to immobility accentuates the buzz. Indeed, this structure now at rest, allows all the molecules tumbled to get better gathered together.
They are now more numerous on the basis of the cavity of the middle ear, the part most susceptible to buzzing.
This mechanism corresponds to the same law as that of the thermal conductivity of materials, except that in this case it is a sound conductivity.
In order not to hear the "noises" of his body, the ear has naturally been isolated in a cavity tight to parasitic sounds.
If the walls of this cavity are abnormally in contact with another wall, connected to the rest of the body. The very small parasitic noises are increased and perceived by the inner ear. It is the same case in the sound conductivity which amplifies the sound of a small mechanical musical instrument in contact with wood (sound box).
It is a set of conditions that creates the buzz:
- Reclining position.
- Inflammation due to a small sinusitis which creates by communication an inflammation in the middle ear.
- A weight gain increasing the adipose tissues thus "stifling" the space of freedom and effectiveness of the Eustachian tube.
- Accumulation of mucus, mucus and "carbonic mist" in the middle ear and on the Eustachian tube.
- Increased internal pressure of the middle ear.
=> All these elements create a mechanical and chemical reaction whose consequences are buzzing.
Anatomical recall:
The nasal passages are aerial ducts which open outwards through the orifices of the nostrils, and towards the rear communicate with the oral cavity through two orifices. They are separated by a median partition consisting of bone and cartilage. On their lateral wall, three horns curved in volutes cover a space where the sinus drainage orifices open, cavities communicating with the nasal fossae.
The mucosa that covers the different structures of the nose and sinuses has different properties depending on its location. At the level of the inferior horn, it is very vascularized and formed of a tissue capable of filling and emptying blood according to a regular cycle. Alternately on one side and the other to maintain a comfortable overall nasal permeability. Different factors can disrupt this balance: infections of course, but also weight gain, high blood pressure for example. The entire nanosinus mucosa is covered with a transparent film, the mucus, directed backwards towards the digestive tracts and swallowed without anyone noticing it. "
