The sound of blood flowing in the ear is mostly referred to as vascular pulsatile tinnitus, which can be either a disease or a physiologic phenomenon.
When the sound is produced by vascular factors in the patient’s head and neck, it can be perceived by conduction through bones, blood vessels and blood flow to the cochlea. The tinnitus rhythm is consistent with the patient’s heartbeat rhythm and is primarily caused by narrowing of the canal, accelerated blood flow, and disturbed blood flow due to anatomical variations of the blood vessels or other pathologies of the blood vessels. It can be seen in diseases such as jugular vein bulb or skull base vascular lesions, intracranial and extracranial vascular malformations.
In a very quiet environment, normal people can often hear the hum of blood circulation; head placed sideways on the pillow, the temporal region or the ear area of the artery is partially blocked by the pressure, there is also a throbbing tinnitus, that is, the “ear plugging effect”, for the reduction of ambient noise caused by the; in the strenuous exercise or emotional excitement, you can also hear the throbbing tinnitus, this is a physiological phenomenon. This is a physiological phenomenon.
When the ear can hear the sound of blood flow, you can actively consult a doctor for a systematic examination to clarify the cause.