This is the 3676th article of Da Yi Xiao Nursing
Xiao Hu suffered from otitis media when she was a child, although she got a certain amount of treatment at that time, she also missed the best treatment time, and found that her ears were suppurated when she found it, so the treatment process was very painful and took a long time. Although there were no sequelae, a few months ago, because of the busy work and great pressure, she suddenly felt that the ringing in her ears was very strong, and it was also the kind of high-pitched whistle or metal friction sound, which seriously affected her work and daily life. Especially recently she feels that her hearing has also been affected to a certain extent, when others whisper to her, she can't hear it at all, but think about her only 30 years old, if you don't treat it well, you can do it when you are older!
Tinnitus is the conscious ringing in the ears, such as the sound of cicadas, or the sound of tides. Deafness refers to varying degrees of hearing loss, or even disappearance. Tinnitus can be accompanied by deafness, and deafness can develop from tinnitus. Although the clinical manifestations and concomitant symptoms of the two are different, there are many similarities in the etiology and pathogenesis, which are closely related to the kidneys. Tinnitus deafness can be used as a common clinical symptom, common in a variety of disease processes in various departments, or it can be a separate ear disease. Tinnitus and deafness can occur in Western medicine for otological lesions (such as otitis media, perforation of the eardrum), multiple acute febrile infectious diseases (such as scarlet fever, influenza), intracranial lesions (such as brain tumors, acoustic neuromas), drug poisoning, and hypertension, Meyo's disease, anemia, neurasthenia and other diseases.
The causes of tinnitus are complex
Tinnitus is not a separate disease, the causes of tinnitus are complex, and the medical community is still discussing, so the classification of tinnitus is difficult to unify. Commonly used classification methods are: classification according to the site of lesion: outer ear, middle ear, inner ear, auditory nerve, brainstem or central auditory pathway, systemic disease, local blood vessels or muscles, that is, vascular tinnitus and myogenic tinnitus; classification by etiology: mechanical, toxic, infectious, allergic. According to the loudness classification, it can be divided into seven levels.
In addition, secretory otitis media is a non-purulent inflammation of the middle ear characterized by conductive deafness and tympanic effusion, with a feeling of swelling in the ear, tinnitus, and hearing loss as the main clinical manifestations, mainly related to age, upper respiratory tract infections, allergic rhinitis and other factors [1]. There are relatively many factors related to the occurrence of secretory otitis media, and different factors can interact and influence each other, and effective countermeasures should be formulated according to independent risk factors to reduce the incidence of secretory otitis media[2] and further reduce the incidence of tinnitus and deafness.
Health effects of tinnitus and deafness
Long-term severe tinnitus can cause people to be upset, worried, worried, anxious, depressed and other emotional changes; can not hear others, especially leaders and colleagues, the speech, and they endure the huge pain caused by tinnitus, but often can not be understood, affecting work efficiency; tinnitus needs long-term medical treatment and medicine, bringing economic losses and even leading to huge economic pressure. If it is not understood by family members, it affects family harmony; very loud tinnitus can interfere with what is heard, often hear sounds but cannot distinguish what others are saying; the tinnitus is so severe in the dead of night that it is difficult for people to fall asleep. Even when asleep, it is particularly shallow; you can be woken up by tinnitus when you sleep deeply; after waking up in the middle of the night, tinnitus still rings non-stop.
Women are more likely than men
The degree of idiopathic tinnitus in female patients is more severe than in men; low frequency and frequency are more disturbing; anxiety and sleep status are factors affecting the severity of tinnitus, while the course, lateral differentiation, and the main tone of tinnitus are not factors affecting the severity of idiopathic tinnitus [3].
Rehabilitation programs
TCM Health Care Massage Program
1. Press the three points in front of the ear
There are three acupuncture points in front of the external auditory canal, namely the ear gate, the auditory palace, and the auditorium, and when the mouth is opened, all three acupuncture points will appear depression. You can rub it with your index or middle finger every day or rub it up and down for 3-5 minutes each time, preferably with a fever in your entire ear.
2. Refers to the Moore wheel
With empty fists in both hands, use thumbs and index fingers to push up and down the ear chakra until they are red and hot. Then use two thumbs, index finger, middle finger curled into a pliers shape, pinch the external auditory canal to do forward, backward, left and right lifting action, the whole set of actions to do 6 times, about 3-5 minutes.
3. Drumming
Press the palms of both hands against the ear hole, and place the index finger on the middle finger to hit the occipital area about 20 times; the palm is placed on the ear, one tight and one loose squeeze the ear, first slow and powerful, and then do rapid vibration, about 5-8 minutes.
4. Wasps into the hole
Insert two index or middle fingers into the ear hole, the abdomen of the fingers forward, turn 3 times and then suddenly withdraw, 3 times each time.
5. Tap the wind pool hole
Rub the posterior occipital sore spots and bilateral wind pool points for 3-5 minutes each time, preferably with a pronounced feeling of soreness.
6. Ape fruit picking
Use your hands over the head to pinch the opposite tip of the ear 14 times, about 3-5 minutes.
Finally, rub your hands warmly, straighten your fingers, push the pinna from front to bottom to back, and then reverse the pinna to push the back of the ear back, repeat 5-6 times, and rub the ear abdomen and the back of the ear with the palm of the hand, so that the whole ear is red and hot.
Therapeutic diet regimens
1. Wood ear lean broth
100 grams of lean pork, 30 grams of black fungus, 3 slices of ginger, add an appropriate amount of water, simmer for half an hour. It can replenish kidney gas. It complements without stagnation and also has the effect of reducing blood viscosity. More suitable for patients with deafness and hyperlipidemia.
2. Seaweed radish soup
250 g of carrots, 10 g of seaweed, 2 tablespoons of peanut oil. Heat peanut oil, add sliced carrots, add an appropriate amount of water, simmer for about 10 minutes, add seaweed before cooking, add an appropriate amount of salt and chicken essence.
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Author: Yueyang Hospital/Shanghai Institute of Acupuncture meridians
Lee Ming-che