Iron and B12

[mingsbeard]

Just caught the back end of a TV programme where a "doctor" was advising that an iron deficiency and vit B12 deficiency may be the cause of peoples T issues.

Anyone been down this route or have I misheard the TV?

Tried using search function in the forum but never found anything

TIA

[TinnitusUKPat Partner]

Hi Mingsbeard.

That would be a interesting theory but the limited amount of research doesn't suggest that either have a causal or remedial effect for tinnitus:

tinnitus.org.uk/tinnitus-tr...

tinnitus.org.uk/tinnitus-tr...

In the latter case, there's very limited evidence that people with a vitamin b12 deficiency - note that bit - might see some improvement in tinnitus if that underlying health issue is diagnosed and treatment put in place.

It's by no means the 'you have tinnitus - try this!' approach which a lot of tv medical features might try to push in their two and half minute slots.

[perlcoder in reply to TinnitusUKPat]

Just to add that I noticed the B12 stories a while ago, and was particularly interested because B12 deficiency is implicated in a number of neurological conditions and I do know someone who is deficient and has regular injections prescribed by her doctor (a regular procedure in ladies of a certain age). I scan my annual annual blood tests carefully for deficiency, and none has been detected. For a different reason, I took B12 supplement pills ("Boots" finest) for while a couple of years ago, and they had zero effect on anything that ails me.

[Aztec632]

I have had tinnitus for many years and my B12 levels have been on the high end so definitely not deficient. However the sound has changed over the last 2 years and seems milder. I now have a hissing sound rather than what I used to describe as a constant road digger noise!

This could be a coincidence but I had a blocked ear so I did the usual olive oil routine for a few days and then the GP nurse removed the blockage with the water suction as they do. What came out was a piece of dead skin which is quite common but what I did notice was an imoprovement in my tinnitus. It was almost as if the skin had been rattling against my eardrum or something? Not sure but grateful for the milder noise I put up with now.

[Choralmusic]

Thank you mingsbeard, that was a very interesting post.

I had microsuction done on my left ear in November and since that time I have had tinnitus mainly in my left ear. The audiologist based at a local optician’s said I had skin attached or near to the eardrum and she didn’t want to remove it incase it caused damage to my ear. I am due to see an Audiologist and ENT doctor because I have had episodes of acute vertigo before and after the microsuction

I had wondered whether the skin attached to my ear could be contributing to the hissing sound in my ear.

Kind regards to everyone on the site.

[Aztec632 in reply to Choralmusic]

It's worth checking out. Let us know how you get on with that. 🤞

[Choralmusic]

Thank you, will do.