Eardrum Damage

A woman in the name of Olivia, 27 years old, is hit by a complication in the ears called tinnitus. This condition is often found very strange by those who experience the onset of its effects. They usually find this weird because while you are hearing sound from the external environment, you also hear a ringing sound from the very ears. In Olivia's case, she loves cleaning and taking care of her ears. In fact, she is seemingly obsessed by the act of always cleaning it. Eventually, to her innocence, it has already caused eardrum damage.

Our ears are sensitive because of this tissue called tympanic membrane. This membrane functions as a conductor of sound waves, vibrating as it works. The tissue is located between the middle and outer ear, and so it can receive and then send sound impulses to be interpreted by the brain. Without this, hearing would be impossible.

The damage done to Olivia's ears, as she recalls, is after she has done successive and aggressive cleaning. People commonly use ear buds or cotton buds. Because they are so widely used, most have taken for granted the harm it may bring. Some just use anything that can possibly be inserted to the ears. It has become their addiction. One of these people is Olivia. Once she inserted a swab in her ear too deeply that she felt a surge of tremendous pain. This has caused her a loss of hearing in one of her ears. This same ear frequently produces oddly loud ringing. Because of this, she grew very anxious.

The morning after, Olivia consulted a doctor. Her ear was probed by a devise called otoscope. It was found out that a huge impacted ear wax had blocked her ear canal. It was compacted due to an insertion of an object. For her case, it was the ear swab that she recently used. The bud pushed the earwax too deeply. What was worse is when the doctor confirmed that she had eardrum damage. This made Olivia more anxious.

The damage done to her eardrum is identified because of a sign of blood clot. The doctor said that it will heal in months. Within, the supposedly recovering months, Olivia had lost hearing in one ear. The pain was excruciating that she underwent an analgesic medication. She also had trouble sleeping because of the weird ringing noises she heard. What was seemingly a nightmare had a couple of months. Nevertheless, it was something she would never forget.

She was well with the help of antibiotics. She had recovered little by little. At first, her sense of hearing went back to normal but the irritating pain and ringing remained. It was hard for attending doctor to tell how they could ease the noises caused by tinnitus.

Olivia had done research herself. Upon finding answers in the Internet, she is freed from doubt that the eardrum damage stimulated the ringing in her ears. Currently, she is in a therapy called homeopathic remedy. So far, Olivia is getting good results, and she is positive about it.