The elderly suddenly experience deafness
1. What is the sacred place of deafness?
Many people don’t know what sudden deafness is, and there is no such concept at all. Except for professionals, most people only know sudden deafness after they have sudden deafness, and then they roughly understand what’s going on.
Deafness is a common disease in the otolaryngology department and is often present. The incidence rate has increased year by year in recent years, and the age is gradually getting younger. In the past, the high incidence of people was often between 50 and 60 years old. Now primary school students will suffer from deafness, so they should be paid widespread attention.
Sudden deafness , also known as sudden dragon, refers to a patient's hearing loss with unknown reasons that suddenly appears within 72 hours. This is what medically refers to sudden deafness.
2. If you have symptoms, you should seek medical treatment in time. It is not difficult to diagnose sudden deafness. Professional otolaryngologists can generally conduct physical examinations on based on the current medical history, past history, and clinical symptoms. After , they can generally determine whether they are sudden deafness.
If further diagnosis is required, there are several testing equipment that can assist in diagnosis. Generally, imaging examinations such as temporal bone CT and nuclear magnetic resonance can determine whether there are inflammation and organic lesions. Most hospitals above the second level ( county hospitals ) can confirm the diagnosis. For non-invasive hearing examinations, electronic otoscopes and other targeted hearing loss tests, generally, tertiary hospitals can check them, so it is not difficult to diagnose. The key is early diagnosis and early detection. This is very important. The earlier the treatment, the better the effect.
3. Scientific prevention should be done as follows
1. Be careful or avoid using drugs with ototoxicity
. Clinically, some drugs are ototoxic and can easily cause sudden deafness. The above frequently used aminoglycoside antibacterial drugs, such as gentamicin , amikacin , etimicin et al., will cause sudden deafness, especially in some children, which is the main cause of sudden deafness in children in the past.
In addition to common aminoglycoside antibacterial drugs, antitumor drugs, such as cisplatin, carboplatin, nitrogen mustard, vincristine, etc.; aspirin, Nepson , etc. among salicylic acid drugs; loop diuretics, such as bumetanib, furosemide, Ethanyl acid , etc.; antimalarial drugs, such as quinine, etc.; sedative hypnosis drugs, such as phenobarbital, can all cause hearing loss and even sudden deafness. These drugs should be used with caution or avoided.
Ototoxic drugs
2. Avoid vascular diseases
. Vascular diseases can cause sudden deafness, mainly vasospasm or vascular embolism, such as vascular malformations, hemangiomas, carotid spherical tumors, small blood vessel dilation in the ear, cerebral atherosclerosis, etc. These diseases can lead to auditory nerve ischemia, or auditory central ischemia, causing circulation disorders, and thus leading to sudden deafness, so vascular diseases should be avoided.
3. Prevent immune diseases
When the human body has problems with immunity, its resistance to the disease is reduced, and it is prone to bacterial or viral infections, and it is also prone to systemic lupus erythematosus and multiple nodular arteritis, which is very likely to cause damage to the inner ear and auditory nerves, which will lead to hearing loss and sudden deafness. Therefore, immune diseases must be prevented.
4, prevent viral infections
Some common viral infections in clinical practice will have an impact on human hearing, leading to hearing loss, sudden deafness, etc. These common viruses include herpes virus , mumps virus, varicella-zoster virus, etc., so you should pay attention to preventing viral infections and reduce or avoid deafness caused by viral infections.
Virus infection
5, prevent sleep disorders
Some people may experience sleep disorders such as insomnia, abnormal sleep, etc., which will lead to insufficient blood qi, which will lead to poor blood circulation of in the inner ear, and in severe cases, it will lead to sudden deafness. On the other hand, sleep disorders lead to insufficient sleep time and poor rest, which will lead to a decrease in nerve reactivity and increase in response to surrounding information, which will also damage hearing and lead to sudden deafness.
6. Maintain an optimistic attitude
A person's mood can cause a variety of diseases. When people are unhappy, they will experience tension, anxiety, troubles, and even depression.
7. Develop good living habits
Bad living habits are also factors that may cause deafness, such as staying up late often, having poor rest, wearing headphones for a long time, like to listen to music loudly, and often making noises. These can also cause sudden deafness, so you must develop good living habits.
8. Pay attention to your daily diet
Some people do not pay attention to it and like heavy-tasting diets. They like oily, salty, and spicy and irritating foods. These foods will produce a series of stimulation, which can easily make people angry, affect hearing, and even cause sudden deafness.
Sudden deafness seriously affects health. If you do not pay attention to prevention, it may cause permanent deafness, seriously damage your hearing, and put yourself in a silent world. It will not only nourish your health, but also cause serious psychological harm. Therefore, you must pay attention to prevention.
