Tuesday, May 4th, 2010 at
12:41 am
I dropped my healthcare coverage in August ‘07 because I couldn’t afford to pay it (self-employed) anymore. Over the past year or so I have noticed a whoosing sound in my ears – at first it was only at bed, but now it is at least 30% of the time. The sound resembles the heartbeat or pulse – and by my own diagnosis – I believe I have pulsatile tinnitus. I feel an urgency to be seen by a doctor – as at best this is probably my anemia and blood pressure acting up or at worst, could lead to an aneurysm or stroke. All of the websites insist that you be seen right away. I can still renew my insurance (up to 6 months after cancellation), without having to go through the whole 9 yard process. So I’ve been planning to do so. However, my concern is — HOW LONG WILL I HAVE TO WAIT after renewing to see a doctor? If I go right away, will they say that it is pre-existing and not cover any resulting treatment? Or does each company handle this differently?
Do I need to lie to the doctor then and not say that it has been occurring for some time? And no, I’m only 38, so I don’t have AARP insurance.
Saturday, May 1st, 2010 at
12:15 am
Okay, well this started about 2 months ago, I started getting really lightheaded & thought I was going to faint. I panicked and called the ambulance. 2 days before that incident I had visited my doctor because of pulsatile tinnitus ( this swooshing noise that goes along with my heartbeat) she said it could be an infection.
Ever since I went to the hospital the light headedness is still here. 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Especially when I am out somewhere, I feel unbalanced. And I also feel brain fog…I feel confused and I forget stuff sometimes. I have really bad derealization.
I feel so alone, especially when doctors can’t figure out what I have.
I have had MRI’s and MRA’s, CT scans, and Carotid Ultrasounds. Since I thought I had narrowing somewhere because I have high cholesterol but not high blood pressure.
All of this is causing me stress, which is causing me really bad headaches and heart flutters. I’m going to a Cardiologist on Monday and If there’s nothing wrong then I am going to my ENT.
Does anyone think this could be a middle ear problem?
No rude answers please.
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Sunday, April 25th, 2010 at
12:45 am
A few years ago I gave up paganism and became a born again Christian. I went the whole 9 yards, burning my occult books, getting rid of questionable music, and listening the Christian music exclusively. I attended church every Sunday, and sometimes Wednesdays, as well.
One day, I was going through my prayer list on the Prayer Pal program on my Palm Pilot, and praying to Jesus when I heard a roaring noise in my right ear. It really scared me, as it sounded just like someone blowing in my ear. When it kept happening I figured out that I was hearing my own heartbeat, and the blood rushing through my arteries.
Its been close to 8 years now, and I still hear this distracting noise for a good portion of each day. Its called pulsatile tinnitus. Whoosch, whoosch, whoosch. I’ve been to numerous specialists, and undergone about ,000 in tests over the years, and nobody can find a cause or provide a solution.
Jesus has done nothing to cure me through faith, and in fact it first happened WHILE I was praying to him. Never, while I was faithful, did I get relief from this problem.
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Thursday, April 22nd, 2010 at
12:12 am
Okay, well this started about 2 months ago, I started getting really lightheaded & thought I was going to faint. I panicked and called the ambulance. 2 days before that incident I had visited my doctor because of pulsatile tinnitus ( this swooshing noise that goes along with my heartbeat) she said it could be an infection.
Ever since I went to the hospital the light headedness is still here. 24 hours a day 7 days a week. Especially when I am out somewhere, I feel unbalanced. And I also feel brain fog…I feel confused and I forget stuff sometimes. I have really bad derealization.
I feel so alone, especially when doctors can’t figure out what I have.
I have had MRI’s and MRA’s, CT scans, and Carotid Ultrasounds. Since I thought I had narrowing somewhere because I have high cholesterol but not high blood pressure.
All of this is causing me stress, which is causing me really bad headaches and heart flutters. I’m going to a Cardiologist on Monday and If there’s nothing wrong then I am going to my ENT.
Does anyone think this could be a middle ear problem?
No rude answers please.
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Monday, April 19th, 2010 at
12:45 am
I had a really really bad cold about 6 months ago, and the cold left me hearing me my heartbeat in my left ear. I can hear perfectly fine with my left ear, it’s just that I can hear my heartbeat. I’m not sure what it is, my closest guess is that it’s pulsatile tinnitus. But I have to go to my doctor, because I’m not so sure.
Ok, so my second point is that people say that it should go over, since my pulsatile tinnitus is combined with a cold I had, but there’s gone 6 months! Did I really have a that bad a cold or is there anything wrong with my ear? Maybe I have high blood pressure?
And what can you do to make it disappear? PLEASE HELP!!
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Friday, March 26th, 2010 at
12:06 am
It just started, so I looked it up and it sounds like I have pulsatile tinnitus, which is when you hear your pulse/heartbeat in your ear. Mine is odd, though- I’ll hear it for a few seconds and then it’ll go away, then come back a few seconds later. And the beat is irregular, sometimes fast and sometimes slow. Is this a serious problem, should I go to the doctor’s for it? I was put on antibiotics because I often get ear infections… should I stop taking the antibiotics because of this? Or could it be the result of yet another ear infection?
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Wednesday, March 24th, 2010 at
4:08 pm
I usually hear it when waking up, if I have the hiccups, after running, or after sneezing, then it goes away after 10 minutes. The sound never follows every heartbeat, it usually just comes a half a second after. It’ll thump 3-5 times in a row, then stop for 10 seconds, then thump again 3-5 times in a row, and it continues for 10 minutes and stops. Also, it’s never painful in any way, just annoying. Is it pulsatile tinnitus?
I’m 14 years old and a male if that matters.
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Wednesday, March 24th, 2010 at
3:49 pm
Hi All,
I’ve had this problem for 4 days now….my left ear is clogged and i feel a lot of pressure there…i also feel like its giving me some hearing loss since it so clogged. It has it sown heatbeat….lol…..and i hear noises like kind of a heartbeat in it sometimes….I have tinnitus, and hear that in there too….I tried jumping around like crazy, laying on that side to srain the ear, and hydrogen peroxide just now which I think just might have made it worse…I’ve also tried cleaning my ears out with q-tips, even though i know its bad to…but this is annoying and i want it gone!! Monday is the soonest time i can go to the doc. any suggestions or ideas for me? thanks.
thanks mcally ill try some gum.
thanks everyone for the advice! Im going to try everything. Ill let yall know what happens.
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Wednesday, March 24th, 2010 at
3:42 pm
It’s been happening on-and-off for as long as I can remember, years and years. Recently it’s gotten a lot worse, with frequent occurrences (usually 8-10 hours long) each week. It’s not always constant – it can also go on for several minutes, stop for a minute, then continue. Often when this is happening, any noises at all around me (even the sound of my typing or people talking at normal volume in the next room over) will cause a sympathetic "boom" in my ear (I don’t know how else to describe it…it’s the same sound as the heartbeat, but in time to outside noises instead of my pulse). It most commonly happens in my left ear alone, but occasionally in both ears at once. I’ve also recently noticed a hearing issue – I can hear fine, both very high and very low sounds, but I have trouble differentiating between sounds (any background noise at all can cause me miss what people say). I am not stressed at all. I have perfect blood pressure, perfect cholesterol… I’m 22 yrs old, and female.
I do clean my ears of wax regularly, using the warm water flushing method, and I’m sure it’s not a build-up of that.
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