Also interested in the possibility of treatment improving tinnitus, and it makes logical sense that the brain would “fill in” any hearing loss with its own “white noise”. I’ve had a roughly 70-80 yo hearing level dating from when I contracted an ear infection at age 6 which knocked out the higher registers,. So I guess tinnitus is just as ‘normal’ to me as not being able to hear speech when there is competing background noises, birds etc. I got hearing aids a couple of years ago and was startled to learn that you can hear your feet hitting the ground when you walk lol
Stress is another factor I’d always suspected had an influence on it too, good call on that emilio. I’ve lived through some pretty traumatic circumstances and at those times the tinnitus has elevated to sound like loud, high-pitched screaming. I’d be interested to see if treatment would lessen any of what I experience, and whether any of it might be due to hep C.
LondonGirl wrote:
Thanks Cue, I don’t really ‘do’ sugar – and recent bloods show VitB12 at normal levels.
It seems, when the body is fighting toxic substances and virus, tinnitus can present itself, as well as other reasons which I believe should be checked with basic observations.
I find it really odd that in England, in 18 months of being diagnosed, I have only ever had one thorough basic observations done.
Well for what its worth LondonGirl, I don’t think I’ve had any thorough investigations past a yearly (or fewer sometimes) basic LFT in 25 years since diagnosis. Certainly no one has ever bothered to ask much about diet, beyond a couple of general questions. ..I don’t think its that uncommon.
GT1a since 1988, diagnosed 1990
F0, tx naive
VL 262,000 ALT 40 AST 26 GGT 13 Fibroscan 04/12/15 – 2.9
Started Mesochem sof/dac 12 weeks 01/01/2016
11/02/2016 – 6 weeks UNDETECTED
AST 26
ALT 26
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