Swooshing sound in ear

[Biloxi]

Anyone have that? It's just a constant, heartbeat swoosh sound. swoosh, swoosh, swoosh, swoosh... Annoying. I first noticed over a year ago. I had an infected root canal tooth that needed to be pulled. I got it pulled, and the swooshing stopped. Not immediately though, it was after the area healed. Then I got an implant put in, and the swooshing came back. It's been 4 months now. It looks like the implant is to blame, the infected root canal was the first. It's almost like there's pressure in there because of the implant, and it's causing me to hear a swooshing heartbeat. It's only in the one ear, on the same side as the implant. It's really not a big deal- I just wanted to know if anyone else has had this experience?

[radd]

Biloxi,

No matter what our general health or what we have wrong with us, I always think the swooshing sound in our ears is due to adrenal issues.

Mine comes when I overdo things and clears when I rest.

[fiftyone in reply to radd]

In my case, Pulsatile tinnitus, that constant pumping in your ears, is directly related to my thyroxine dose. The more doctors reduce my dose, the more raging becomes the tinnitus. Once T4 goes back up to its normal, pre 'meddling-doctor' level, the tinnitus disappears.

[radd in reply to fiftyone]

fiftyone,

And what steps in to recompense insufficient thyroid hormone ? The adrenals glands.

[fiftyone in reply to radd]

didn't know that

[SlowDragon Administrator]

For full Thyroid evaluation you need TSH, FT4 and FT3 plus both TPO and TG thyroid antibodies tested. Also extremely important to test vitamin D, folate, ferritin and B12

Low vitamin levels are extremely common, especially if Thyroid antibodies are raised

Low B12 often causes tinnitus, but usually in both ears

[mourneadventurer]

Hi Biloxi, I figured that there was a connection to an inflamed vagus nerve. This nerve wanders all over the place but one branch goes past the left ear canal. Hence dysbiosis in the gut eventually causing brain inflammation.

The most effective solution I’ve found was ReMag., ReMyte and PicoSilver. With ReAlign (Botanicahealth) . The picometer sized minerals 100% get into the cells so really effective.

Be aware that heart conduction issues ie arrthymia can become a challenge especially if the infected root canal was the back left premolar.

[Saya85]

I had similar issues. I get regular tinnitus but also had pulsatile tinnitus as you are describing.

All the above is very good advice and it does seem yours may be from implant also but I found low thyroid dose affects my tinnitus but b12 deficinies caused my pulsatile tinnitus.

[Deniseelk]

I have what sounds very similar, in my right ear. I can mask the annoying whooshing during the day with general noise / TV on etc. It’s at night that I am most aware as house is quiet. I have not had any dental work and not aware of any problems apart from a filling needed on the right hand side. However, I have also had stuffiness in my nostrils that builds overnight but a steamy shower and good blow in the morning clears it ( sorry for detail). I do get occasional blocking in a channel that runs over my right cheek which eases when I massage it. However, I do not have a known thyroid problem but I do have Rheumatoid Arthritis. Therefore, I wondered if my whooshing was due to some inflammation in my nose / ear? Also, I wondered if mine was related to the medication I am on. It is very annoying, no pain or discomfort but the noise is always there!

[TSH110]

It is tinnitus - really darn annoying and common with hypothyroidism. Make sure you are optimised that should help control it a bit. Luckily I can tune out from mine. If concentrate on mine it is like having a tv in my head with that background noise they make that never goes away. I also get that swooshing noise and strange gurgling noises but not very often thank goodness, or the hearing momentarily turns off as noises take over. Getting properly medicated reduced mine hugely. It is the hairs in the cochlea (that sense vibration and convert it into sounds via the brain) dying and the ones next door start to try and compensate setting of an annoying orchestra of noise. The cochlea has no blood supply so the hairs can not regenerate. I imagine thyroid hormones must be important for their correct function as my hearing has greatly improved since taking medication.

Interesting that meddling with you teeth has obviously been key in setting yours off. I got awful tooth sensations all kind of pains right in my jaw and like the teeth were marching round my mouth really unpleasant, before being properly medicated. Unnecessary dental work is known to be carried out on people with hypothyroidism too I would be very wary of letting a dentist loose on my pearly whites. Many are ignorant of how hypothyroidism impacts on the dentition and they seem totally money grubbing at my practice offering unnecessary and highly invasive treatment. I don’t trust them as far as I can throw them rather like doctors although they are not making money directly out of treatments they recommend and carry out as is the case with dentists. It is a system that actively encourages unethical practice in my opinion. That is not to say it is so in your case, of course.

[CcyrpesS]

Thank you everyone for you're insights on this! Looks like I need to have a chat with my dr. I'll ask about these tests, and hopefully get this issue solved!

[Framboise]

I get it and for me it's always dependant on how tight my jaw and neck muscles are, the tighter they are, the more I get tinnitus. Like mourenadventurer I find ReMag helps and sometimes a good myofascial release massage. Of course the tight muscles may in turn be dependant on thyroid levels, but I have been able to get rid of the noises by treating the muscles alone.

[CcyrpesS]

Just wanted to update : The swooshing finally stopped. If it had anything to do with my implant, maybe it healed completely so no more swooshing. I haven't changed anything.