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Tinnitus

 

Tinnitus is the perception of sound in the ear or head, not arising from the external environment, from within the body such as vascular sounds, or from auditory hallucinations linked to mental illness. The condition can happen as an isolated idiopathic symptom, or in relation to any type of hearing loss including age-related hearing loss, noise-induced hearing loss, Menière’s disease, or an acoustic neuroma. Tinnitus can have an insidious onset and persist for many years, particularly when associated with a sensorineural hearing loss. Tinnitus can trigger insomnia, an inability to concentrate, and depression.

 

Acupuncture may help relieve tinnitus by performing on the cochlea, specifically on the contractile activity of outer hair cells; performing on the function of the efferent olivocochlear system to suppress otoacoustic emissions; changing the brain’s chemistry, increasing neuropeptide Y levels, and decreasing serotonin levels; dropping inflammation, by promoting the release of vascular and immunomodulatory actors; rising local microcirculation, which helps dispersal of swelling.

 

耳鳴

 

耳鳴是耳朵或頭部對聲音的感知,不是來自外部環境、來自身體內部(如血管聲音)或來自與精神疾病有關的幻聽。這種情況可以作為一種孤立的特發性症狀發生,或與任何類型的聽力損失有關,包括與年齡相關的聽力損失、噪音引起的聽力損失、梅尼埃病或聽神經瘤。耳鳴可以隱匿起病並持續多年,尤其是與感音神經性聽力損失有關時。耳鳴會引發失眠、無法集中注意力和抑鬱。

 

針灸可以通過作用於耳蝸,特別是作用於外毛細胞的收縮活動來幫助緩解耳鳴;發揮輸出橄欖耳蝸系統抑制耳聲發射的功能;改變大腦的化學成份,增加神經肽Y水平,降低血清素水平;通過促進血管和免疫調節因子的釋放來減輕炎症;局部微循環上升,有助於消腫。





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