Microsuction — Safer with ENT?

[Agrajag364]

Realised I already have a copy of that paper @annV linked to and I'd mailed one of the authors asking about the paper. The paper says 8% of patients reported tinnitus after microsuction, but the author told me they were unable to tell if this was long term or short term tinnitus as the assessment was done shortly after the procedure. The paper describes one woman who got long term worsened tinnitus from the procedure.

Big difference between a short term exacerbation of tinnitus as so many of us see after noise exposure, and a long term worsening of tinnitus. I would hope the long term worsening rate in tinnitus post microsuction is well under 8%.

 

[Michael Leigh]

Okay, not only did I discover your true identity, I also found out where you live.

@JohnAdams

I like this and it made me smile.

I believe ENT doctors should be given the respect that they deserve and I mean this quite sincerely. I can only speak from my experience over the 23 years that I have had tinnitus. I agree that some need to improve their bedside manner but the same can be said for other physicians besides those that work in ENT. My ENT consultant I have immense respect for. She helped me through one of the most darkest periods of my life with tinnitus, which I have mentioned in my post: My Experience with tinnitus.

I have a very good rapport with her. She has been open and honest and told me that I know more about tinnitus than her, for the simple reason she has never experienced it. I do not know the procedure in other countries for someone with tinnitus. In the UK, when a person is referred to ENT for tinnitus to be investigated a series of tests are carried out which most people are familiar with in this forum. If the tinnitus was caused by an underlying medical problem, then most ENT doctors will try to treat it medically or surgically. When there is no underlying medical problem responsible for the tinnitus, as in "Noise induced", the patient is referred to Audiology. Here, the patient is seen by an Audiologist or Hearing Therapist that is trained in the treatment and management of tinnitus and hyperacusis.

Various treatments are available depending on which NHS hospital one attends. This can be: TRT, CBT, Relaxation classes, Mindfullness, White Noise Generators, counselling, hearing aids, etc. Many Hearing Therapists and Audiologists that treat people with tinnitus in the form of counselling, also have tinnitus. They were either born with it or acquired it at some time in the life. It is for this reason most of these people will have a better understanding on how tinnitus affects a person mentally and emotially. This is especially important to know when counselling is given.

Michael

PS: The picture on my Avatar is of Brighton seafront, that I took in 2010. It is near here that I live.

 

[JohnAdams]

respect

Respect is earned on a person to person level.

 

[JohnAdams]

Realised I already have a copy of that paper @annV linked to and I'd mailed one of the authors asking about the paper. The paper says 8% of patients reported tinnitus after microsuction, but the author told me they were unable to tell if this was long term or short term tinnitus as the assessment was done shortly after the procedure. The paper describes one woman who got long term worsened tinnitus from the procedure.

Big difference between a short term exacerbation of tinnitus as so many of us see after noise exposure, and a long term worsening of tinnitus. I would hope the long term worsening rate in tinnitus post microsuction is well under 8%.

Microsuction aural toilet?????

 

[Michael Leigh]

Respect is earned on a person to person level.

I was referring to the medical qualifications that all ENT doctors and other physicians have in order to practice medicine. However, you are quite right, respect is indeed earned on a person to person level. Well said.

Michael

 

[Blue28]

I am replying to your comments just this once. You have been disrespectful towards me on more than one occasion in the passed when I was trying to help you so will not be corresponding with you again. I know what I am talking about when it comes to microsuction since I have severe tinnitus and have had the procedure three times without any problems. T

Firstly I did not ask you to "correspond" with me. Secondly, you must consider not agreeing with your opinions as being "disrespectful" as I have never been rude to you. And finally, don't try to argue that a procedure is safe just because you have had no complications. Everyone is different. I could argue that a general anesthetic is safe as I've had several interventions where a general anesthesia was required, without any problems. However the family of a person who died as a result of complications during a general anesthesia may not have the same opinion as me. Point proven.

 

[JohnAdams]

I was referring to the medical qualifications that all ENT doctors and other physicians have in order to practice medicine.

 

[Michael Leigh]

@JohnAdams
Now you are just being very silly....

 

[Agrajag364]

If we could have any input from people who've had a spike or worsening from microsuciton, that would be great.