| Salt, tobacco, alcohol, caffeine, aspirin and stress are | | | | bush tea. It is a stimulant of the central nervous |
| included in the list of factors that may increase tinnitus | | | | system of humans, and have a diuretic effect in new |
| or vertigo. Is it important to apply all the restrictions | | | | consumers of the molecule. The mechanisms that |
| automatically? | | | | may be related to the tinnitus sufferers is lowering of |
| Salt as a kind of food is made of crystals that are | | | | the threshold for seizures. Tinnitus can be considered a |
| composed, mainly, of sodium ion and chloride ion in a | | | | type of seizure that may respond to some drugs in a |
| proportion of 1:1. In chemistry, there are many types of | | | | similar pattern as epilepsy. Caffeine may increase |
| salts, but you can't find them in the common kitchen. At | | | | tinnitus, vertigo or symptoms of meniere's disease. |
| home, restaurants, hotels and food industry you will find | | | | Before making a decision to eliminate the caffeine |
| the sodium chloride as the most common spice. | | | | from food, it is important to test this possibility and see |
| Excessive usage of these minerals may cause health | | | | if it is relevant to a specific patient, and what is the |
| problems. Body salt beyond the normal range may | | | | daily dose that may increase tinnitus, vertigo or |
| cause muscle cramps, dizziness and other symptoms | | | | symptoms of meniere's disease. |
| that are associated with electrolyte disturbance. | | | | Aspirin, the trade name for the Acetyl-Salicylic Acid. |
| Drinking quickly too much water or receiving infusion of | | | | The medication was recommended as analgesic |
| a lot of water + glucose 5% intra venously with low | | | | treatment (pain relieve) or antipyretic (reduce fever). |
| consumption of salt may dilute the body fluids and | | | | Later the anti inflammatory effect was found, and the |
| cause water intoxication. | | | | side effect of anti platelet aggregation was used to |
| Long term salt intake in high dose is a risk factor for | | | | decrease damage from blood clots. |
| hypertension, stroke and cardiovascular disease, such | | | | Risk for Myocardial infarction, Stroke (Brain infarction), |
| as left ventricular hypertrophy and cardiovascular | | | | TIA (Stroke of short duration, called transient ischemic |
| disease that is not associated with hypertension. | | | | attack) can be reduced by preventive consumption of |
| Heartburn, osteoporosis, stomach cancer, edema, | | | | aspirin. |
| relapse of renal disease, duodenal ulcer and gastric | | | | Tinnitus and Gastro Intestinal bleeding are the main |
| ulcer. In meniere's disease patients it was shown that | | | | known side effects. The GI bleeding is related to the |
| there is accumulation of fluids in the inner ear. | | | | anti platelate mechanism of the Aspirin, due to the |
| An experimental study showed that drainage of the | | | | inhibitory effect on the production of Thromboxane. A |
| fluid by surgery did not improve the prognosis of these | | | | fatal side effect may happen in children or teen ages |
| patients. A conservative approach of treating the | | | | under 19 who received aspirin to relieve symptoms of |
| suspected inner ear edema is justified because there | | | | chickenpox and is called: Reye's syndrome. Only rare |
| are no side effects. It includes: salt restriction and | | | | cases of adults may appear. The first symptoms of |
| diuretic medication. Mild restriction of salt means | | | | this condition includes high fever, vomiting, lethargy, |
| eliminating the dry sources of salt, such as salted | | | | nightmares and confusion or other mental symptoms. |
| seeds, peanuts, almonds or salted cakes. | | | | Today, the recommended daily dose for adults is very |
| Tobacco is a vegetarian product that can be found in | | | | low, and the probability of tinnitus as a side effect of |
| leaves of many plants.The highest concentration of the | | | | aspirin became rare. The mechanism of damage is |
| tobacco can be found in the leaves of plants genus | | | | unknown. Ben-Gang Peng, Shanping Chen and Xi Lin |
| nicotiana. The popular consumption of tobacco is by | | | | offer a mechanism that includes interference with the |
| smoking. Most of the health hazards are negative | | | | glutamate neuro transmitter in the cochlea, based on |
| effects on heart and lungs, such as: MI (Myocardial | | | | animal study. |
| Infarction), COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary | | | | Aspirin is an example of a medication that may cause |
| Disease), Emphysema, Stroke (Brain Infarct), Cancer | | | | tinnitus or increase the loudness of an existing tinnitus. |
| (Lung, Larynx, Mouth, Pancreas). In the literature of | | | | Such effect can be found in more then 260 |
| tinnitus, tobacco is considered as a precipitating factor. | | | | medications that are approved for usage in humans. |
| Recently (October 2007), part of a group of several | | | | Stress is the hardest problem. When it comes from |
| hundred workers employed by Southampton tobacco | | | | inside it can be managed. Biofeedback, hypnosis, |
| factory who claim industrial deafness, reported that | | | | meditation or psychotropic drugs can reduce anxiety |
| they suffer from tinnitus. Representatives of the | | | | and stress. When it is external such as: marital |
| tobacco company said that there is no ground to the | | | | problems with aggressive partner, a dying close |
| claim. | | | | relative or friend, unemployment, active war, anticipation |
| Alcohol | | | | of war or investigation by tax authorities, the victim is |
| Caffeine is part of many drinks such as coffee, tea | | | | passive and can not do much. |
| and sodas. For industrial purposes it is extracted from | | | | It is easy to say: reduce the stress, and hard to do. |
| the cherries of the coffee plant and the leaves of the | | | | |