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White noise in my head

A 35-year-old member asked:
Dr. Cindy Juster
Pediatrics 38 years experience
Normal blood flow.: You're probably hearing the blood flowing through blood vessels in the ear area. When you have your ear on a pillow or mattress, you're blocking out ... Read More
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A 37-year-old female asked:
Dr. Jeffrey Bassman
Dentistry 47 years experience
Vague: Without a thorough history and exam, difficult to inform you on what is going on. I would see a dr. Asap.
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Dr. Paul Grin
Pain Management 38 years experience
Tension type: Headache. There is no evidence that white noise can cause headaches. The symptoms you have presented are similar with tension type headache. The heada... Read More
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A 35-year-old female asked:
Dr. Stephen Rothstein
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41 years experience
Ears: Sounds viral by your description. Suggest you see an ENT to check it out
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Dr. Susan Arnoult
Family Medicine 27 years experience
Infection: Sounds like an infection of the sinuses and / or middle ears. If you do not have a fever and have had the symptoms less than 10 days you can try trea... Read More
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A 32-year-old member asked:
Dr. Bernstein Joel
ENT and Head and Neck Surgery 62 years experience
Good question: Ringing in the ears is a very common complaint seen in an ENT office. If the sound is symmetrical in both ears, it is probably of no concern. If it ... Read More
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A 45-year-old female asked:
Dr. Parin Winter
A US doctor answeredLearn more
Most common cause of sudden hearing loss in your age category would be impaction of ear canal with wax. This can cause some whooshing noise in the ear... Read More
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A 23-year-old female asked:
Dr. David Satloff
Pain Management 42 years experience
Get checked: Ear pain can be caused by either infection associated with either the ear or with the TM joint. Biomechanical factors with the TM joint could also be ... Read More
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A 59-year-old male asked:
Dr. Heidi Fowler
Psychiatry 27 years experience
The : The information provided by dr. Jakubowicz is excellent. Tinnitus can be an obstinent condition to treat. You might consider using chinese scalp acu... Read More
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A 29-year-old member asked:
Dr. Stephen Carstensen
Dentistry 40 years experience
Blocks out stuff: White noise is helpful for some people because it floods the senses with a signal that doesn't require any thinking to sort out - it's not the same a... Read More
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A 47-year-old member asked:
Dr. Heidi Fowler
Psychiatry 27 years experience
I hope not: because we use multiple white noise machines at our Behavioral Health Clinic to block out noise from various therapy sessions.
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A 33-year-old member asked:
Dr. Barbara A Majeroni
Specializes in Family Medicine
White noise: It produces white noise, which is noise just below the threshold of what we usually hear. It can be used to help muffle noise, so you can sleep. It al... Read More
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