What causes tinnitus and deafness?

Friends who experience tinnitus and deafness must take it seriously, because the health of the ears is relatively fragile. If the eardrum is affected, it will directly affect your hearing. There are many causes of tinnitus and deafness, such as jaundice, drug poisoning, encephalitis, psychological stress, etc. The specific cause should be examined and treated by a doctor in time.

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Factors that can cause tinnitus and deafness before birth can be divided into genetic factors and non-genetic factors, such as the use of ototoxic drugs by pregnant women; pregnant women suffering from viral infections, such as rubella, measles, influenza and other diseases, as well as alcoholism, heavy smoking, severe malnutrition, major mental stimulation during pregnancy, and diseases such as diabetes and goiter can also lead to developmental disorders of the fetal auditory organs and hearing loss.

Factors that can cause deafness at birth: premature birth, i.e. gestational period less than 37 weeks; low birth weight, weight less than 2500 grams at birth; hypoxia, intrauterine hypoxia, prolonged labor or no spontaneous breathing at birth; compression injuries to the head that damage the auditory organs or auditory center.

Factors causing deafness after birth include pathological jaundice, genetic factors, drug poisoning, infectious diseases (such as encephalitis, meningitis, mumps, raccoon fever, chickenpox, measles), etc.; as well as head trauma, allergic diseases, blast and noise, high fever, etc.

Prevention and treatment of deafness

1. Prevention and treatment of conductive hearing loss

Early and active treatment of acute and chronic suppurative otitis media and secretory otitis media is an important measure to prevent and treat conductive hearing loss. Sound transmission structure reconstruction (tympanoplasty) has a certain effect on improving the hearing of conductive hearing loss. If tympanic cavity exploration and tympanoplasty are performed early, hearing can be preserved and restored. For those with severe conductive hearing loss, hearing aids can be worn to improve hearing.

(2) Prevention and treatment of sensorineural hearing loss: The treatment effect of sensorineural hearing loss is not ideal at present. Therefore, the key lies in prevention and early treatment after the onset of the disease.

1. Actively prevent and treat deafness caused by acute infectious diseases, do a good job in the prevention, isolation and treatment of infectious diseases, and enhance the body's (especially children's) resistance.

2. When using ototoxic drugs, the indications must be strictly followed. If poisoning occurs, the drug should be stopped immediately and vitamins and vasodilators should be used instead.

3. According to different causes and different stages of pathological changes, different drugs can be used for comprehensive treatment, such as drugs that enhance neuronutrition and improve cochlear microcirculation, various vasodilators, biological products that promote metabolism, etc. For patients with tinnitus, we must first find out what the cause is, and then deal with it according to the specific situation.