Cure Your Tinnitus – Is Alcohol Good Or Bad For Yours?
Some people say alcohol is good for people with tinnitus. Others say it is bad. They’re both right. If you would like to understand how this can be, just keep reading.
Perhaps you were under the impression that a moderate amount of alcohol could help reduce tinnitus symptoms. You may also have heard that drinking a little alcohol increases tinnitus symptoms in some people. While it may be counterintuitive, whichever you have heard, it is correct.
A 1995 study at the Welsh Hearing Institute found that 22% of the participants reported increased tinnitus from drinking alcohol, while 16% reported reduced symptoms. The other 62% reported no effect. What does this tell us?
Actually, this tells us a lot. First, it tells us that for most of us, moderate alcohol consumption is unlikely to affect our tinnitus one way or the other. If moderate drinking does affect us, the effect is about as likely to be bad as good. While I haven’t seen any definitive research into why the results came out this way, I can speculate based on what I know about tinnitus in general. For people who benefit from alcohol, it is likely that stress is one of the causes of their tinnitus. Modest alcohol consumption can reduce your level of stress, which would likely reduce the amount of tinnitus.
It is less clear why modest consumption of alcohol would increase tinnitus effects. One possibility is that alcohol does seem to act as a stimulant for some people. Stimulants frequently increase tinnitus symptoms.
Heavy drinking, on the other hand, will almost surely increase tinnitus. The dehydration, headaches, and overall physiological damage caused by heavy drinking are almost guaranteed to worsen tinnitus.
Will Drinking a Bit of Alcohol Hurt or Help Your Ringing Ears?
It is relatively easy to figure out whether alcohol increases or decreases your tinnitus symptoms. But first, let me make this clear: In no way am I suggesting that you start drinking as a way to treat your tinnitus! But if you already drink, we can do an experiment to find out whether or not the way you drink now in any way contributes to your hearing issues.
Finding out is easy. Just pay attention to the ringing in ears you hear and take some notes. For the next couple of weeks, pay attention to the level of your tinnitus before and after you drink, and record whether it increases or decreases.
This next step is a little harder, but can be very rewarding. Stop drinking for say 2-3 weeks. Completely. Over this period, make notes about the general level of your tinnitus to see whether it improves when you avoid alcohol. Between them, these experiments will teach you everything you need to decide whether there is an alcohol and tinnitus connection for you.
To learn more about how food and drink can affect your tinnitus, and how both fit into a holistic plan that can cure your tinnitus at last, click here.
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