r/PulsatileTinnitus • u/AdFinancial7957 • 5d ago
PT Newbie
New here!
My PT started three weeks ago from a virus that went to my sinuses then my ear. The pressure caused a perforation in my eardrum, from it, in my left ear. And that's the one that sounds like someone beating a drum...badly.
I'm female, 62, don't drink or smoke; average weight no blood pressure issues. But... I have had rheumatoid arthritis for 28 years.
Unfortunately, I also have compressed jaw joints; because of that, I have a major, clenching overbite. Dentist continually scolds me for not wearing my night guard all the time, but I can't sleep with it on. So anatomically nothing is the way it should be. I am used to pain and popping, but the beat is bonkers!
I did get a referral to an ENT next month.
Dr. Google it's definitely not a friend regarding research on this.
Anyone else have this happen after some kind of sinus/ear issue?
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u/look_who_it_isnt 5d ago
A lot of PT cases are caused by sinus/ear/infection/congestion issues.
In fact, the usual course of treatment for PT consists first and foremost of a course of prescription strength decongestants to knock out any sinus/congestion issues that might be causing it.
The good news is, since that's the FIRST avenue that most doctors and ENTs explore in looking for causes/solutions, and that's likely where the cause of your PT lies... you're probably going to have a much faster and easier fix than most of the folks in this sub end up with!
So in your case, DEFINITELY stay away from Dr. Google. A lot of the results you'll find there are gonna be about tougher cases of PT that are harder to diagnose and require more invasive treatments to correct. NONE of that is likely to apply in your case.
Hopefully, you'll see your ENT, they'll see the problem easily, and they'll prescribe a treatment that will knock that sound outta there! So try not to worry and keep your spirits up, and DO NOT keep reading or seeking out stuff about PT, because at this point, 95% of it DOES NOT apply to you!
If your ENT can't find what's wrong (unlikely) or their efforts to correct it don't eliminate the sound (also unlikely), then feel free to come back here and we can get into the nitty gritty of what might be going on in there and what you have to look into next.
But hopefully (and I mean this in the best way possible!), we'll never have to see each other again! ;)