Tinnitus is a benign disease, but it may have a serious impact on quality of life (QOL). To date, there is no specific treatment in modern medicine and sometimes the results of the treatment of tinnitus are discouraging. We report a satisfactory clinical result in the treatment of tinnitus by acupuncture according to Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM).
A male patient, with sudden onset idiopathic Sensorineural hearing loss with severe tinnitus of the left ear, had no marked improvement in clinical symptoms after conventional treatment including systemic administration of vitamins, adenosine triphosphate, prostaglandin I
2 and two courses of hydrocortisone pulse therapy. Subsequently, one cycle of acupuncture treatment was performed for the spleen-stomach deficiency and endogenous damp-turbidity based on the TCM diagnostics and during the period of treatment, tinnitus decreased stepwise from the level of 8000Hz, 8 dB prior to the treatment to 0 dB SPL, according to a tinnitus audiometer (Danac-100, Dana Japan). Although there was no significant improvement in hearing loss, the patient felt marked relief from tinnitus, the so-called buzz bomb in the ear. From this result, acupuncture based on TCM may be available for the treatment of tinnitus.
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