Is pulsating tinnitus anything to do with a low thyroid?
Tinnitus could be due to hyperthyroidism as well as hypothyroidism. What happens is that when you have thyroid problems, you may develop an increased blood flow through the jugular vein, which is the largest vein in the neck. The jugular vein carries blood from the brain back to the heart. In so doing, it travels along the middle ear. The middle ear then hears the turbulent blood flow anywhere in the course of the jugular vein as a hum or a noise. Thus, you perceive a sound even though there is no external source. The noises associated with pulsatile tinnitus include low-pitched thumping or booming sound and a high-pitched clicking noise. So get yourself checked. If you do come to know the real cause, you should consider yourself very lucky as you will stand a very good chance of not only controlling your thyroid gland activity but also be able to get rid of your tinnitus which generally does not leave by its own and hardly has any good medications for, at least with the conventional l
