Tinnitus

From MEpedia, a crowd-sourced encyclopedia of ME and CFS science and history
Revision as of 12:40, June 4, 2018 by Kmdenmark (talk | contribs) (copy edit)

Tinnitus is the perception of noise or ringing in the ear, a common problem that afflicts one in five people. It's not considered a condition itself but rather is a symptom of an underlying condition though usually not a serious one.[1]

Presentation

Prevalence

  • 2018, 78%, as at 15th May 2018, of 92 members of the patient forum Science for ME reported suffering from tinnitus.[2]
  • 2001, In a Belgian study, 48.5% of patients meeting the Fukuda criteria and 52.1% of patients meeting the Holmes criteria, in a cohort of 2073 CFS patients, reported tinnitus.[3]

Symptom recognition

Notable studies

Possible causes

Potential treatments

Learn more

See also

References

  1. ↑ Tinnitus - Mayo Clinic
  2. ↑ Science for ME poll
  3. ↑ De Becker, P; McGregor, N; De Meirleir, K (September 2001), "A definition-based analysis of symptoms in a large cohort of patients with chronic fatigue syndrome.", Journal of Internal Medicine, 250 (3): 234-240, PMID 11555128
Retrieved from "https://me-pedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tinnitus&oldid=31823"