Tinnitus may be caused by nasopharyngeal cancer

As people age, they will have some degree of blurry eyesight and hearing loss. There are many possible causes of tinnitus, which can be a minor problem that does not hurt or itch, or it can be fatal nasopharyngeal cancer.

Understanding Tinnitus

Tinnitus usually refers to the subjective feeling of sound produced in the ear or head when there is no corresponding external sound source or electrical stimulation. The feeling that the sound source is located in the brain is also called brain tinnitus. Tinnitus is just a common clinical symptom, it is not a disease. The causes of tinnitus are very complicated. Common ones include drug-induced tinnitus, noise-induced tinnitus, toxicity, infection, allergy, drug ototoxicity and systemic diseases, etc., but its specific pathogenesis is not very clear.

How does nasopharyngeal cancer cause tinnitus?

Because the pharyngeal opening of the Eustachian tube opens into the nasopharynx, secretory disease may occur when the tumor growing in the pharyngeal recess or the occipital region of the Eustachian tube infiltrates and compresses the pharyngeal opening of the Eustachian tube.