Tinnitus: a problem that affects our daily life

Tinnitus, also known as tinnitus phenomenon, is a problem for many people.

Tinnitus is a problem for both the physician and the patient, classically defined as the perception of one or more sounds without any external source of emission.

If its perception lasts only a few seconds, it can be considered as normal, but if it lasts several hours or days, it is if it lasts for several hours or days it is necessary to consult a specialist in otorhinolaryngology.. It is calculated that in Spain more than 800,000 people suffer it.

Tinnitus treatments

The causes, as well as the treatments, are multiple, but the most important thing remains to make a correct diagnosis and to rule out organic causes..

It is essential to assess the psycho-emotional component of tinnitus. The therapist's vision must be multidisciplinary, based on the intervention of the otolaryngologist, the psychologist or psychiatrist and the audiologist or audiologist.

Among the therapies are: pharmacology, vagal stimulation, acoustic stimulation therapy, transcranial magnetic therapy, training therapy and psychological habituation, and laser phototherapy, which acts biologically with its own physical-chemical changes. In any case, it will be the medical specialist who will assess the appropriate treatment for each patient..

Vagal stimulation and its effectiveness in the treatment of tinnitus

Vagal stimulation tries to regulate the vagal nuclei of the brainstem through stimulation of the endings that this system has in the pinna..

The function of maintaining internal functional balance (homeostasis) depends on the autonomic nervous system, which is involved in the so-called "physiological expression of stress". With the help of vagal stimulation it is possible to compensate for physical and psychological stress resulting from multiple situations.

Vagal stimulation is especially indicated to treat disorders related to anxiety and / or stress such as tinnitus, tinnitus such as tinnitus, treatment of compulsive behaviors and addictions, sleep disorders, mood disorders, as well as for the treatment of painful processes.

It is a gentle and painless treatment that is very effective and has a large body of literature reflecting its benefits and efficiency.

Many of the events that happen to us in our lives can be described as stressful.. A stressor, according to the WHO, is "any phenomenon that generates reactions in the organism to prepare it for action or, in other words, to prepare it to adapt to a new situation". The most novel aspect of this whole issue is that we now know the types of reactions or changes that occur and where they occur.

We are subjected to many stressful situations (emotional shocks, experiences that generate excessive tension, prolonged worries, aggressive treatments, even a way of living too fast and with many difficulties) and therefore doomed to our organism to generate reactions and internal functional imbalances.

The function of maintaining internal functional balance (homeostasis) depends on the autonomic nervous system, which is composed of two subsystemswhich is composed of two subsystems: the Parasympathetic Nervous System (PNS) and the Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS). This essential regulatory system is complex and consists of both nuclei located in the central nervous system and nerves that contribute to the regulation of various target organs.

The perception of supposed aggressions and threats to our Biological system causes a decrease in vagal tone and an increase in sympathetic tone, and it is this imbalance that can be used to elaborate definitions of stress.

This imbalance of our own autonomic system can lead to the appearance of various pathologies, such as tinnitus, among others.This imbalance in our own autonomic system can cause the appearance of various pathologies, among others, tinnitus, which, if it responds to an anxiogenic pathological basis, may be appropriate to receive Vagal Stimulation Therapy with satisfactory results.

If many of the circumstances already mentioned in this article and that have been called stressful generate a modification in our internal physiological balance (by decreasing the parasympathetic vagal tone, which generates symptoms of very varied nature), but also situations that can become chronic and, therefore, with the ability to produce sequelae, it is logical to think that if we support the vagal tone, by stimulating it through the pinna, we can avoid both the severity of the symptoms derived from the imbalance, as well as the appearance of some of these manifestations and possibly the chronification of these alterations, the severity of the symptoms derived from the imbalance can be avoided, as well as the appearance of some of these manifestations and possibly the chronification of these alterations that will generate the sequelae. that will generate the sequels.

Combined treatment at Clinica Lasery

At Clinica Lasery, Dr. Hack, specialist in Otorhinolaryngology and Cervico-facial Pathology, and Eva Mª Beteta Marco, psychologist, collaborate in the treatment of patients with tinnitus from both disciplines from an integrated vision of them. That is, applying on the one hand the medical treatment, consisting of the administration of orthomolecular nutrition for the ear and laser sessions in the pinna and, on the other hand, the psychological treatment, which, in turn, combines vagal stimulation therapy with psychological guidelines that help to reduce stress and anxiety that may be favoring the maintenance of symptoms.