What is the treatment for tinnitus and deafness in the elderly?

Tinnitus and deafness are common diseases in the elderly. As people age, various organs in the body are aging, and language ability and hearing will be affected, causing tinnitus and deafness. Elderly people with tinnitus and deafness can eat more fresh vegetables or animal livers to relieve the symptoms of tinnitus and deafness.

How to treat tinnitus in the elderly

1. Cover your ears with your hands, and rub the back of your ears with the base of your palms, especially rubbing the ear holes through the back of the ears, as if you have rubbed into the ear holes. After you rub your ears for two or three minutes and feel itchy, it means that the qi and blood in the ears have come. If you rub like this for a long time, the problems of tinnitus and deafness will be solved. But be sure to close your eyes when kneading.

2. Some elderly people like to drink very much. Alcohol often makes tinnitus symptoms worse. Smoking can reduce blood oxygen, and the inner ear hair cells are extremely sensitive to oxygen, so lack of oxygen can cause damage to the hair cells, so you should pay attention to changing bad habits.

3. The elderly should pay attention to rest. If you are in a state of high mental stress or physical fatigue for a long time, tinnitus will easily worsen. Therefore, it is beneficial to adjust the work rhythm appropriately, relax the emotions of tinnitus patients, and divert attention from tinnitus.

4. Among urban residents, presbycusis occurs at an earlier age, which is related to the frequent and intense noise in cities. The elderly should choose to live in a secluded place.

5. Smokers may absorb nicotine in cigarettes which stimulates the nervous system, causing vascular spasms and insufficient blood supply to the inner ear, leading to atrophy and degeneration of the inner ear auditory hair cells. Therefore, the elderly should quit smoking.

6. High blood lipids, high blood sugar, high blood viscosity, vascular sclerosis, etc. will almost all affect the blood supply to the inner ear, thereby causing hearing loss. The blood vessels in the inner ear are extremely small and have no collateral circulation. For people with coronary heart disease and hearing loss, deafness often appears before the symptoms of coronary heart disease. Therefore, these diseases should be prevented and treated early.

7. Cover your left and right ears with both palms at the same time, squeeze and then quickly remove them. Do this several times. This can promote blood circulation in the ears, which is good for relieving tinnitus and brain fatigue.

8. When washing your face, gently massage and rub your ears and earlobes, or press your palms on your ears, place your thumbs behind your head, and tap the back of your head with four fingers. This can stimulate nerve endings to promote blood, lymphatic circulation and tissue metabolism, regulate the functions of human organs, and relieve tinnitus.

9. When you wake up every morning, open your mouth as wide as possible, exhale, then take a deep breath and close it again. Repeat this process many times. This not only makes the facial muscles move rhythmically, but also keeps the Eustachian tube open, balances the pressure inside and outside the ear, and is very effective in preventing and treating tinnitus.

10. Sit quietly with your breath still, clench your teeth, pinch your nostrils with two fingers, open your eyes wide, and allow air to enter the ear canal until you feel a rumbling sound. This can increase the pressure in the blood vessels in the ear, allowing more blood to concentrate there, which is good for relieving tinnitus.