What are the diseases associated with tinnitus? Tinnitus is a common clinical symptom that is not only disturbing and affects work and life, but is also often an early sign of certain diseases of the ear or the whole body, so it should be brought to people’s attention. So what diseases are associated with tinnitus? Systemic diseases When kidney disease, liver and gallbladder disease, diabetes, tuberculosis, chronic bronchitis, etc. lead to systemic dysfunction, tinnitus often appears, and its characteristics are the same as those of tinnitus caused by drug intoxication, which are high-pitched and bilateral. This tinnitus usually disappears with the recovery of the above mentioned diseases. In addition, some data suggest that tinnitus may be a precursor to coronary heart disease. According to statistics, among patients with coronary heart disease who have tinnitus, 86.7% of them have tinnitus before angina, and 8.6% of them have angina and tinnitus at the same time. This is because the cochlea is more sensitive to ischemia and hypoxia. Experts point out that tinnitus can be an important sign of early heart disease. Therefore, a middle-aged or elderly person who originally had no tinnitus symptoms and suddenly developed tinnitus in the near future should have his blood lipids, blood pressure and electrocardiogram checked promptly to clarify whether he is suffering from hidden heart disease. Some people who have had tinnitus for a long time, but if it has recently worsened, they should also have their heart checked. Physical weakness This kind of tinnitus mostly has no organic pathology and is often caused by insufficient vascular tone and poor local blood supply. According to Chinese medicine, it is a manifestation of kidney deficiency. Nervous Weakness This kind of tinnitus is of variable pitch, mostly bilateral, and is often accompanied by headache, dizziness, insomnia, and dreaminess. This kind of tinnitus is also related to depression, and adjusting emotions can make it better. Ear disorders Patients mostly have a history of ear disease, and tinnitus tends to worsen at night. Depending on the location of the lesion, it is divided into conductive tinnitus and sensorineural tinnitus. Conductive tinnitus can occur when there is cerumen, foreign body, inflammatory swelling in the outer ear that causes obstruction, eardrum congestion, entrapment, perforation, middle ear effusion or infection, or otosclerosis. This kind of tinnitus often occurs on the side of the lesion and has a low tone, such as “rumbling”, “booming”, or “buzzing”. The inner ear cochlea is the sound-sensitive part of the ear. If there is an inner ear concussion, edema, or auditory neuroma, it will stimulate the inner ear cochlea to produce tinnitus. This kind of tinnitus is mostly bilateral, with a high sound, such as a cicada or hissing sound, and the tinnitus is often intermittent. Neck disorders When a neck tumor or other neck disorders compress the carotid artery, it can cause tinnitus on the side of compression. Tinnitus is characterized by a persistent, low-pitched tone, and the degree of tinnitus may vary with changes in body position.