The Ringing in my Ears

When I started noticing the ringing in my ears, I did not think of it as something that I must worry myself with. I first noticed it as a mild hum much like when I am on elevated areas or riding a plane.

Only that it was not something that simply went away when I tried rubbing my fingertips on my ears. It lasted for about five minutes and faded away. But I noticed after several hours it was there again.

So I started thinking what could I have possibly done which caused this humming.

After a few minutes it disappeared again, so I dismissed my thoughts that there could be a problem with my ears.

I was busy for several days with a lot of things that I had to attend to. I was not able to get much rest and sleep. I also missed some meals because I simply was not able to have enough time to adjust to the sudden busy changes in my daily schedule. With my lack of sleep and skipped meals, I became so stressed.

Three days after I started losing sleep and missing meals, I felt so tired and restless. I was then so stressed out because of what I went through. But one thing also noticeable was that the ringing in my ears recurred and the humming was much louder and constant. This was the turning point for me. I was certainly convinced at that point that I need to have my ears checked by a professional.

I went to the doctor...

So without any delays, I set for an appointment with my physician and that is when I learned that what I had was called tinnitus and this happened because I had a problem in my ear drum which gave me partial hearing loss. The physician explained to me why this humming happened and how come it sounded louder the last few days.

I found out that tinnitus is triggered by stress and it can also sound louder when a person gets stressed. Now that I am aware of such things, I am more careful with the things that I do. I sleep when I need to and I eat enough meals a day to supplement my body of enough vitamin requirements to keep me healthy.

The most important thing I learned from my experience is to be careful when cleaning our ears.

Not only with cleaning but in all things that involves our ears, including listening to music.

If we value our ears that much, we must never abuse it and take extra care of it.