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Someone help, i keep getting a weird hearbeaty pulse like sensation inside my left ear and its freaking my out, WHAT IS THIS PLEASE HELP ME :weep:
Not being funny but it could just be your heartbeat. Is it a very rapid, flicking sensation? I think that's just trapped air or a muscle tremor... I occasionally get that.
EDIT: I also only notice it in my left ear.
I get this in my left ear too, think its just my heartbeat.
Could just be palpitations. I get it in my right ear.
Hi, Could be congestion in the ear canals, which also affect balance
Relax, you have nothing to worry about. About 6 months ago I developed exactly the same thing. I googled it and convinced myself it was a blood clot or brain tumour etc. It was a horrible pulsing sensation in my left ear which lasted for days. I could make it stop by pressing gently on the main artery in my neck which convinced me it was a vascular problem.
I was so freaked out by this symptom that I went to the gp about it. He basically gave me the impression I was wasting his time, said it was very common and was a minor ear infection even though I had no other symptoms and no noticeable inflammation in my ear.
I went home, lived with this horrible annoyance for about a week longer, then it disappeared. Completely disappeared.
It's harmless.
Hearing a heartbeat sound in your ear could be pulsatile tinnitus, which is not a condition but rather a set of symptoms caused by an underlying condition. There are many possible causes, so it's impt to get it checked out by a doctor. For more info, see http://www.whooshers.com, an online support forum for individuals with pulsatile tinnitus.
Whoosher, do you not realise that promoting your own site is generally frowned upon in forums. Especially when the content of your post is misleading and scare mongering
Skippy66, I am simply telling people with this very real symptom that there is a support forum devoted to them. Despite your implication, this is not a profit making site. Zero money is made or solicited on the site. The site has been linked to by reputable tinnitus associations, including the American Tinnitus Association.
As a pulsatile tinnitus sufferer myself, I disagree with your impression of my post as being "misleading" and "scare mongering." In fact, in most cases, pulsatile tinnitus is not life threatening. But it is important to have it checked out by a doctor. Pulsatile tinnitus is rare, and many doctors rarely see a patient walk in their office with these symptoms. Even ENTs. As a result, they may not be familiar with the symptoms and possible causes, and in turn they often tell patients nothing is wrong with them and just "live with it."
If you'd visit the site you'd see firsthand stories from others who have experienced this. You'd read about people who have been cured. Some people went to their doctors for months, years even decades before the cause was found.
Instead of being critical, I encourage you to read about pulsatile tinnitus, so you can be in a better position to understand what it is, how much support and information is needed by the community of sufferers and the reason for my post below. And if you don't want or need the information, then I'm glad. But please don't attack me for trying to help others.
One more thing. If the whooshing sound goes away on its own then that's one thing, but if it does not, even despite things you may try (changes to diet, acupuncture, etc.) then it's even more important to get medical attention. As a patient who has had this for almost one year (and having heard for others who have had the whooshing for much longer), I can say with experience that this symptom does not always go away on its own. Sometimes -sometimes- it is something of medical concern.
Beyond that, it's important for patients to have coping mechanisms. These symptoms can be difficult to deal with on a daily basis. That's another reason why a support forum plays an important part in treatment.
To put simply: a doctor's office is certainly a much more appropriate place to be diagnosed or given medical advice than a forum like this or anywhere else.
Finally, telling people they have "nothing to worry about" on this forum (or any other forum) when you know little to nothing of their medical history is in itself misleading.
Thank you Whoosher
You responded to the negative person in a very even responsible way.
While I was reading down the thread I thought along the same lines as you seemed to. So, when I got to your pleasant and informative response, I felt happy that The negativity was handled in a neutral way. Thanks again-- willowb
Since when is the truth negative? If you take a look at the symptoms of anxiety, http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/articles/symptoms/ , you'll find close to 100% of the symptoms posted on these threads. Take into account the name and subject matter of the forum and Skippy is spot on.
Yes, there is the very, very, very slim chance that someone is actually suffering from a disease or malady, but close to 99% of the time, it's anxiety related.
It makes sense that one can find support in knowing they're not alone in their suffering but in the long run, a forum like this only promotes negative reinforcement and negative thinking of those with this awful mental illness. You'll read of someone's issues and think "I have that too!". What good is that in the long run?
Don't get me wrong. Forums like this and others are a wonderful tool to help those in need, but when it's taken too far, it loses it's effectiveness much in the same way our bodies can build a tolerance to certain drugs.
Well I had pulsatile tinnitus for around 3 years and then it just seemed to vanish! That was about 3 and a half years ago and now I get it from time to time for short periods, but not constant. Funnily enough I have it a bit today - but I am suffering with congestion :shrug: so maybe there's a connection there.
I keep getting pain in ear-stinging and the pulse sound too.
*Fallen Angel*
16-09-13, 13:04
I am a pusatile tinnitus sufferer. It started about 10 years after a bad ear infection and blockage which made me deaf in the one ear for a month. I went to my GP with it and it acknowledged that whilst it was probably harmless, the ringing in one ear is relatively rare and can be a sign of an underlying condition so I was referred to ENT. They had a good look in my ear and I had a hearing test which showed nothing. Being a HA sufferer I went to see a private ENT. He referred me for an MRI scan. I honestly thought I had a brain tumour or a tumour in my ear but my scan turned out fine, nothing came up. Incidentally it found a benign lump in my neck but that's another story.
Most of the time it probably is harmless but it's important to get checked, not least as they can help you learn coping strategies for the noise. Mine was worse at night when it was quiet.
Funnily enough, now I have moved onto other symptoms I hardly get the pulsatile tinnitus and when I do, it doesn't scare me.
Woke up to rapid pulsing in Left ear only. Four beats per second, 2 second break then repeats. Did not seem to relate to heart rhythm. Had the problem for several hours. Went on line and found answers from "No Problem" to "Might be coronary problem and uneven blood flow" Since I thought it might be blood flow I took two 81mg aspirin and the problem went away shortly there after.
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