Orange juice and tinnitus!

[Srinivas Ramaswamy]

I have been putting up with a high pitched continuous tone in my right ear
for almost
two years. This was due to some inflammation in my right nostril which I was
told was
due to some allergy etc. As a result, my right nostril was constantly
blocked. The resulting
uneaziness could get pretty nasty at times almost driving me mad!

The first doctor I paid a visit to asked me to take sudafed and that did not
help at all. I
then moved to Seattle and a ENT doctor there prescribed Flonase. That did
help me a
lot. About two months back, I started to drink a lot of orange juice - about
2-3 cans a
day. This has had a DRAMATIC effect for me. The inflammation in my right
nostril has
practically vanished along with the tinnitus. I have stopped using the nasal
spray. I was
just curious to know if anyone has tried this.

Regds,
Srini

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[Jeff and Mary Berk]

Did you ever experiement with taking vitamin C tablets instead of drinking
so much orange juice? Reason is, I wonder if the vitamin C is responsible
for the improvement.

Also, I am not supprised you had a sinus condition along with your tinnitus.
I read a summary of a study that over 50% of the people interviewed that had
tinnitus also had a sinus issue as well, usually allergy related in some
way.

Jeff

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[Srinivas Ramaswamy]

I too am thinking of trying out vitamin C tablets. My uncle mentioned he had
read (more than 25 - 30 years back) some experiments report that large doses
of vitamin C were found to have improved things for people prone to stuffy
nose/congestion etc. That was what prompted me to try this 'remedy'.

Regds,
Srini

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[Jeff and Mary Berk]

I have a number of issues, allergies, sinus issues, cholesterol, tinnitus,
hearing loss, immune system issues. My GP has me on as much as 2,000mg
vitamin C/day among other things. Due to the nature of my issues, and my
GPs preferences in treating me, make sure you check your specific
circumstances out with a qualified MD before doing anything extreme. I have
checked with my speciality docs, allergist and rheumalogist also as a sanity
check on all drugs, vitamins and herbals I take.

Good Luck with it,
Jeff

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[ENTconsult]

I read a summary of a study that over 50% of the people interviewed that had
tinnitus also had a sinus issue as well, usually allergy related in some
way.

I question the validity of this "study" since it doesn't match the literature
or my experience.
Re the orange juice, it is possible that the orange juice replaced something
that the writer was allergic to - like instead of coffee or milk. Again, this
is very unusual.
Murray Grossan, M.D.
http://www.ent-consult.com

[Jeff and Mary Berk]

I read it in a Tinnitus net site, I would be hard pressed to find it again
since I have seen so many of them, sorry, not keeping very good records on
my research.

Jeff

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[Paul Segynowycz]

The RNID booklet says that orange juice can exacerbate Tinnitus

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[Jeff and Mary Berk]

Hi Doc and others,

I appologize, I did get carried away. I found the article and it was
Meniere's Disease and sinus not T and sinus...oops! I should of had the
article in front of me before I blabbed my mouth.

If anyone is interested, the article talks about a survey of 1490 Meniere's
diagnosed patients and 67.8% of the respondents report sinus or nasal
congestion.

see this: (http://www.pslgroup.com/dg/133F9E.htm)

It is a site called "Doctor's Guide" and the article is Allergies May be
Culprit in Disabling Inner Ear Disorder.

Again, applogies...
Jeff Berk
North Street, Michigan

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[Jack Rodgers]

> If anyone is interested, the article talks about a survey of 1490 Meniere's
> diagnosed patients and 67.8% of the respondents report sinus or nasal
> congestion.

I wonder when the survey was taken and where it was taken...

Such a survey taken among the general population during allergy season would
return a similar percentage, would it not.

Advertiseers spend tens of millions of dollars advertising their nasal
relief products so it's obviously not a minor problem nor would it seem
unusual to find that these people suffer from such.

--
South Florida: have you just awakened to Tinnitus? I would like to interview
you on video. No cost to you and I pay all of the expenses.

Jack Rodgers
Email: <jrod...@bellsouth.net>

[Jeff and Mary Berk]

Good point.

Report was out of New Orleans, 9/30/99. Dr M Jennifer Derebery out of House
Ear Institute in LA also reported possible drop in severity of symtoms if
food allergies was treated, this was a news story, not the actual survey or
a study.

I can say that the only doc that has helped me is my allergist. My symtoms
including my T is reduced along with all the sinus and asthma conditions due
to this treatment. There must be a relationship between immunetherapy and
the autoimmune problem I have. It appears my immune system is overactive
but weak maybe as well. At least if I am going to have an overactive immune
system, let it be strong! Just speaking here as a fellow patient and
sufferer, not an expert or a doc. I just know what I feel and it works. I
just hope my AIED Specialist has one-half the luck my allergist has!

Jeff Berk,
North Street, Michigan
(GO BLUE!! and green)

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[ENTconsult]

<< If anyone is interested, the article talks about a survey of 1490 Meniere's
diagnosed patients and 67.8% of the respondents report sinus or nasal
congestion. >>

Again, I see tinnitus, Meniere's and sinusitis every day and if there was an
association I think I would see it.
There hasn't been any journal article that makes this connection.
Reminds me of the Govenment surveys. They found 50% of the kids at my patient's
school malnourished and eligeable for supplemental food and medical care. The
school was in Berverly Hills, Ca 90210 where some of the kids are delvered by
limo.

[Jack Buick]

It's easy enough to fool with data (more correctly, data analysis).
Years ago, when an undergraduate, I did a paper demonstrating with
statistical rigor that coffee was a cause of lung cancer. All I did was
ignore the fact that (at that time, anyway) most serious coffee drinkers
were also heavy smokers.

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[ENTconsult]

If its a US govenment survey you are safe in betting the barn that the data is
"skewed" to whatever conclusion got the researcher the grant in the first
place.
But surveys are important. Gives food on the table of the researchers.
Like the hundreds of surveys they do on American Indians. This is one of the
main expenses of the Indian Bureau. which is spelled beurocracy If the just
gave the money to the Indians instead of doing all those surveys. ...