Somatic Pulsatile Tinnitus + Normal Tinnitus: Sensodyne Toothpaste Reduces Both

[melbournejeremy]

Hi Guys,

I haven't posted here for quite some time. So I thought I would share my current somatic and pulsatile tinnitus update.

I always suspected dental has something to do with tinnitus, specifically the fact that the mental nerve and trigeminal nerve share common pathways.

So without going into the back story other than to say I have what appears to be somatic pulsatile tinnitus and normal tinnitus.

I have been using Sensodyne toothpaste and as ridiculous as it sounds my somatic pulsatile tinnitus and tinnitus have reduced a lot. To verify this I discontinued the Sensodyne paste and within 1-2 days my somatic pulsatile tinnitus/tinnitus ramps up significantly. Especially after meals.

The literature often suggests that with hearing loss your brain ramps up the gain to attempt to compensate the missing frequencies and and in doing so it might also include pain signals from mental nerve and over compensate.

I would be curious to hear if anyone else with teeth sensitivity without any obvious dental issues can reduce their somatic pulsatile tinnitus with this very basic treatment?

Thanks.

 

[tiniturtle]

Pulsatile Tinnitus and Tinnitus are generally very different and separate, with different causes. They shouldn't be lumped together.

 

[BuzzyBee]

I was just reading another forum where people claimed potassium nitrate made tinnitus worse. There's also this old thread. https://www.tinnitustalk.com/threads/potassium-nitrate-ouch.717/

 

[melbournejeremy]

Hello, in my message I referred to SSPT, somatosensory pulsatile tinnitus. Still classified as pulsatile tinnitus, well because the noise pulsates to heart beat

 

[Greg Sacramento]

It may be that the toothpaste is too strong affecting nerve and tissues - metabolic system response can happen after eating and too much exercise. Metabolic disorders can place impact on vestibular function. Diabetes, glucose metabolism, vertigo from diet and blood lipids are concerns. Hypothyroidism may affect different parts of the vestibular system. Severe congenital hypothyroidism can cause central vestibular disorders affecting the cerebellum and mild hypothyroidism is all that needed to result in peripheral vestibulopathy. Metabolic evaluations always need updating that include cholesterol and triglyceride levels, glucose tolerance test, and thyroid hormone measurements. With metabolic disorders sometimes nutritional and drug therapy and even use of a light tooth paste may reverse vestibular dysfunction.

It's not that difficult with somatic pulsatile tinnitus to see that the internal jugular can receive plaque from heart or thyroid disfunction = they can all be players. Intercranial hypertension can come about causing vision issues and eye pressure pain. Within the somatic end of things the sternocleidomastoid is always involved.