Sudden deafness causes and treatment

Thursday, April 3, 2008 · Posted in

Sudden deafness as sudden deafness, also known as idiopathic violence deafness that the original normal hearing, in a very short period of time sudden hearing loss, occurs in 30 to 50-year-old middle-aged, youth and the elderly rare. In recent years, the incidence of sudden deafness rates are on the rise, accounting for about sensorineural deafness 1%.
[Causes]
The incidence of sudden deafness reasons unclear, and may be related to the following factors:
Infected about 1 / 5 to 1 / 3 of patients within one month prior to the onset of upper respiratory tract infection history, including the pathogenic virus mumps virus, influenza virus, Coxsackie virus, adenovirus, rubella virus, which parotid Yan virus is the most important causal factor. The virus can cause non-suppurative otitis media, and then penetrated the inner ear caused sudden deafness, or directly lead to invasive cochlear neurons sudden deafness.
Flow obstacles vasospasm some cases, thrombosis, also showed that blood flow obstacles sudden deafness one of the important reasons.
Changes in the inner ear function of sudden deafness can be self-healing in some patients, it may be due to reaction of the inner ear function.
Other spirit of high tension, emotional too excited, too much pressure, too much exertion, severe cough, sneeze, pinch nose drum gas could lead to sudden deafness.
[Symptoms]
Chen Qi patients often after a sudden onset, accompanied by tinnitus. More unilateral disease, the incidence of bilateral and only 4 ~ 17%, hearing loss can be partially or wholly deaf. Can be accompanied by dizziness, nausea and vomiting. Deafness is the nature of sensorineural deafness.
[Prognosis]
About 20% of the patients after adequate rest can be restored, but the majority of patients have to rely on drug therapy can restore hearing. Time and attendance sooner, the better the effect of the treatment: the incidence week beginning treatment, 80 percent of patients can be cured or partial resumption of the hearing; cured without treatment more than a month while the possibility of greatly reduced. Older, the poorer the prognosis. Once a hearing loss, tinnitus, pain, nausea and other symptoms ears to seek medical treatment as soon as possible, so as not to miss opportunities treatment.
[Treatment]
At present there are the more common clinical method is: vasodilator drugs, lowering blood viscosity drugs, such as neurotrophic drug, and some patients may choose to hyperbaric oxygen, laser, magnetic therapy, and other treatment. In recent years the international use of biological products and also Tretan, Duxul, Vinpocetin drugs. In addition, the fair treatment with Chinese medicine: sudden deafness accompanied by headache, fever and Wuhan to use stem spread of casual; no other symptoms, pulse shy, tongue purple or dark spots deposition to use Kaiqiao Cong ear soup.

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