Runny nose and ringing ears

Everyone must have had the feeling that when you have a runny nose, you find that your ears feel swollen. Although it recovers quickly, why do you have the problem of swollen ears when you have a runny nose? The ears are very sensitive auditory organs. If they are stimulated by external factors, tinnitus and ear swelling will usually occur. Therefore, do not use too much force when blowing your nose. It is best to hold one hand behind your ear and the other hand to blow your nose.

Why do ears ring when blowing nose?

The ear receives external sound stimulation and produces the sensation of hearing sound in the ear, which is a normal hearing function. However, if there is no sound source in the outside world, but you subjectively feel that there are various sounds, this is tinnitus.

The mechanism of tinnitus is relatively complex and can occur in many situations. In general, there are the following types: The first is physiological tinnitus. Inside the body, blood vessel pulsation, blood flow, muscle contraction, joint movement, breathing movement, etc. all produce faint sounds, which can be felt by those closer to the ears.

Normally, due to the louder noises from the outside world, this faint sound is masked and cannot be felt. But if you walk into a soundproof room or hear it late at night in the quiet, you may sometimes feel a faint sound in your ears. This is physiological tinnitus.

The second type is conductive tinnitus. The cause of this type of tinnitus is an obstruction in the conduction part of the auditory system, such as swelling, blockage of the external auditory canal, perforation, invagination of the tympanic membrane, inflammation of the middle ear, adhesion, and sclerosis. Sound transmission disorders reduce the ability to hear external sounds and weaken their effect of masking sounds occurring inside the body, making them perceptible and resulting in tinnitus.

Furthermore, the sound transmitted into the ear through bone conduction is blocked due to conduction barriers, which increases the sensation of sound in the ear, making it a mainly low-frequency, whistling sound like the wind. We can try it ourselves. Cover our ears with one hand and you will feel a buzzing sound in the ears. This is typical conductive tinnitus.

After understanding why ears tinnitus occurs when blowing nose, if you have such a situation yourself, you should also pay attention to timely treatment. There are many ways to improve ear tinnitus caused by blowing nose. If the tinnitus is more severe, you can also choose some medicines to reduce heat first, which is also very effective in relieving tinnitus.