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Tinnitus from Covid-19: Coronavirus infection can damage hearing

2020-11-26T02:40:59.552Z


Researchers have uncovered a new impact of the pandemic: Covid-19 patients reported increased tinnitus symptoms - or redeveloped the noises in the ears.


Researchers have uncovered a new impact of the pandemic: Covid-19 patients reported increased tinnitus symptoms - or redeveloped the noises in the ears.

  • Fever, cough and the loss of the sense of smell and taste: Researchers recently presented the seven most common Covid-19 symptom groups * in a study.

  • But there are also publications that describe rather rare symptoms of a coronavirus infection, such as itchy wheals on the upper body.

  • In the course of a study, an international research team also came across a largely unknown body reaction.

Humming, booming or whistling noises in the ear that don't want to go away: Depending on its severity, tinnitus can be a heavy burden for those affected.

An international team of researchers has looked at the question of how a coronavirus infection affects people with tinnitus

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It quickly became clear that there is a connection that is worth taking a closer look at.

Tinnitus from Covid-19?

Permanent stress caused by a pandemic

The researchers from England, Belgium, the USA, the Netherlands, Sweden and India had evaluated the data of 3,103 tinnitus patients from 48 countries for their study.

40 percent of those who suffered from Covid-19 symptoms said their tinnitus had also worsened.

Seven people also stated that they suspect that the tinnitus was only triggered by Corona

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"This is something that needs to be examined more closely both clinically and during care," the Fitbook portal quoted Dr.

Eldre Beukes, lead author of the study.

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A German study also shows a connection between Covid-19 and tinnitus.

Researchers at the Tinnitus Center of the University of Regenburg see the increased stress level triggered by the coronavirus pandemic as the cause of the increase in complaints of tinnitus patients.

Constant stress is considered to be a tinnitus trigger that can intensify or even trigger it

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"In the majority of patients, the tinnitus exposure was increased under Corona," quoted MDR Prof. Berthold Langguth from the Tinnitus Center at the University of Regensburg.

Other study participants, on the other hand, would not have felt this stress: “We also saw people who were more relaxed in connection with the Corona crisis;

who found the reduction in the general hectic pace to be very helpful.

They then also had less exposure to tinnitus, ”says Langguth.

(jg) * Merkur.de belongs to the Germany-wide Ippen-Digital editorial network

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